conjunction
budući da
since, given that (formal; usually opens the sentence; in speech pošto)
поскольку, так как (книжн.; обычно в начале фразы; в речи чаще pošto)
With stress
bùdūći da
In Cyrillic
будући да
Examples from the lessons
budući da — союз «поскольку»
Budući da pada kiša, ostajemo kod kuće. «Поскольку идёт дождь, мы остаёмся дома.»
Present verbal adverbBudući da je ispit u ponedeljak, navikni se.
Раз экзамен в понедельник, привыкай.
Present verbal adverbIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- òdnosnothat is, i.e.; or rather; respectively (frequent in documents)
- nàimethe thing is, you see
- u svȁkom slȕčajuin any case
- s òbzirom na tȏgiven this, in view of that (neutral-formal); since (with da)
- ukolìkōif, provided that (formal; in speech usually ako); utoliko… ukoliko…
- s jèdnē stráneon the one hand (paired with ‘on the other hand’)
- nȁprotīvon the contrary
- štàvišemoreover, what is more (bookish; adds a stronger point)
- drȕgim réčimain other words
- dodúšēadmittedly, though (concessive)