bivir

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bevir, bivir, vevir, viver, inherited from Latin vīvere (“to live”). Cognate of Spanish vivir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈviɾ/

Verb

bivir (Hebrew spelling ביב׳יר)[1]

  1. (intransitive) to live (be alive)
    Synonym: existir
    Coordinate term: morar
    • 2013 November 30, Jacobo Sefamí, Miriam Moscona, Por mi boka: Textos de la diáspora sefardí en ladino, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, →ISBN, page 151:
      Asi biva Antonio ke se yamava de este modo.
      Long live Antonio, who was called from this world.

Conjugation

Ladino conjugation varies by dialect. The following table is a general overview.

Conjugation of bivir (regular ending in -ir)
Infinitive Simple bivir
Compound aver bivido
Gerund Simple biviendo
Compound aviendo bivido
Present Participle biviente
Past Participle Singular Plural
Masculine bivido bividos
Femenine bivida bividas
Person Singular Plural
First Second Third First Second Third
Indicative yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
Present bivo bives bive bivimos bivish biven
Imperfect bivía bivías bivía bivíamos bivíash bivían
Preterite biví bivites bivió bivimos bivitesh bivieron
Future biviré bivirás bivirá biviremos bivirésh
bivirásh1 		bivirán
Subjunctive yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
Present biva bivas biva bivamos bivash bivan
Imperfect biviera bivieras biviera biviéramos bivierash bivieran
Conditional yo tu el/eya mozotros vozotros eyos/eyas
— biviría bivirías biviría biviríamos biviríash bivirían
Imperative — tu — mozotros vozotros —
Affirmative bive bivamos biví
bivid
Negative no bivas no bivamos no bivash
  1. Future forms ending in -ash are more common in speech than in writing.

References

  1. ^ “bivir”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Old Spanish

Verb

bivir

  1. alternative form of bevir

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “bivir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 78
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