Meaning of бивам | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be (somewhere)
2. to exist, to be possible, there is (often in the negative)
   colloquial
3. to happen, to occur
4. to be
5. used with a past passive participle to form the passive voice, normally with past-tense meaning
6. Various meanings; see би́ва (bíva).
   impersonal

Examples

“дъ́лго не съм би́вал там”

I haven't been there for a long time

“Poslov, P. R. Slaveykov, BP I, page 38, quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC/ Без е́дене, без пи́ене сла́дки при́казки не би́ват. Bez édene, bez píene sládki príkazki ne bívat.”

There are no sweet tales without eating and drinking.

“T. Vlyakov, Pr. I, page 17, quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC/ по не́йно настоя́ване, момче́то на́й-по́сле би́ва отвъ́рзано. po néjno nastojávane, momčéto náj-pósle bíva otvǎ́rzano.”

At her insistence, the boy was finally untied.

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