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Upper Sorbian

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Upper Sorbian
běch[ˈbɪx]
verb
This is the past tense form of the verb być meaning 'to be', used for the first person singular ('I was').

“Běch zbožowna.”

I was happy.

Also means
  1. first-person singular past of być

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Upper Sorbian
běchu
verb
This is the past tense form of the verb 'to be' used for third-person plural subjects, such as 'they'.

“Woni běchu wčera doma.”

They were at home yesterday.

Also means
  1. third-person plural past of być
  2. they were

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Upper Sorbian
běchmy[ˈbɪxmɨ]
verb
This is the past tense form of the verb być meaning 'to be', used for the first person plural ('we were').

“Běchmy šulerjo na samsnej šuli.”

We were students at the same school.

Also means
  1. first-person plural past of być

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Upper Sorbian
běchmoj[ˈbɪxmɔj]
verb
This is the past tense form of the verb 'to be' used when two people are talking about themselves.

“Běchmoj wobaj přemłodaj, zo bychmoj to realizowałoj.”

We were both too young to realize this.

Also means
  1. first-person dual past of być

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Upper Sorbian
muž[ˈmujʃ]Appears in an example
noun
An adult male human being.

“Hdyž běch dźěćo, rěčach jako dźěćo, rozymjach jako dźěćo, myslach jako dźěćo. Hdyž pak buch muž, wotpołožich štož bě dźěsćowske.”

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I shed what was childlike.

Also means
  1. man (adult male human)
  2. man

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted
Upper Sorbian
dźěćo[ˈd͡ʒɪj.t͡ʃɔ]Appears in an example
noun
A young human being who has not yet reached adulthood.

“Hdyž běch dźěćo, rěčach jako dźěćo, rozymjach jako dźěćo, myslach jako dźěćo. Hdyž pak buch muž, wotpołožich štož bě dźěsćowske.”

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I shed what was childlike.

Also means
  1. child (young human being, who is still in the childhood phase)
  2. child

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

Adapted

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