Imperfective

iterative ('to be from time to time'); no perfective partner

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bɨˈvatʲ

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Translation

to happen occasionally; to visit or be somewhere from time to time

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Grammar

Verb typeimperfective, first conjugation (бываю, бываешь); a habitual/iterative form of быть, with no single perfective partner

Examples

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I often go to this cafe.

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Such a thing happens once in a lifetime.

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He had been here before, from time to time.

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: Words 481-490.