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Perfectivepobyvat

побывать

to have been to, visit (at some point in the past)

Aspect pairImperfectiveView
быватьto be at, to have
Conjugation
1st (e-)
Class
Aspect partner
бывать

Future tense#

Future Tense
  • яIпобываю
  • тыyou (sg)побываешь
  • он / она / оноhe / she / itпобывает
  • мыweпобываем
  • выyou (pl)побываете
  • ониtheyпобывают

Perfective verbs form a simple future that takes present-tense endings but describes a completed action.

Past tense#

Past Tense
  • онheпобывал
  • онаsheпобывала
  • оноitпобывало
  • ониtheyпобывали

Imperative#

Imperative

to one person

побывай

to a group / formal

побывайте

Participles & verbal adverbs#

Participles
  • Active pastпобывавший
  • Adverbial (past)побывав

Used with#

  • в + prep

    в + prepositional (in)

Examples#

  • Я побывал во многих странах Европы.

    I've been to many countries in Europe.

  • Обязательно побывай в Эрмитаже, когда будешь в Петербурге.

    Be sure to visit the Hermitage when you're in St Petersburg.

About this verb#

  • Perfective of бывать, with delimitative-perfective по-. Class 1a -ать with fixed suffix stress. The semantics are 'have visited' or 'have spent some time at', a closed past episode rather than a regular habit (which бывать encodes).

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