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},
{
"word": "niechby"
},
{
"word": "niechże"
},
{
"word": "oby"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I am reading (in order) to learn.",
"text": "Czytam, żeby się uczyć.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing aim or purpose, one's goal; to, so that, for that, in order to [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing aim or purpose, one's goal; to, so that, for that, in order to"
],
"links": [
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"so that",
"so that"
],
[
"for that",
"for that"
],
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing aim or purpose, one's goal; to, so that, for that, in order to [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aby"
},
{
"word": "ażeby"
},
{
"word": "by"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing expressing means by which something is achieved; to, so that, for that, in order to [+past tense] or [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing expressing means by which something is achieved; to, so that, for that, in order to [+past tense] or"
],
"links": [
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"so that",
"so that"
],
[
"for that",
"for that"
],
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing expressing means by which something is achieved; to, so that, for that, in order to [+past tense] or [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aby"
},
{
"word": "ażeby"
},
{
"word": "by"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I ate too much to run right now.",
"text": "Zjadłem za dużo, żeby teraz biegać.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause in which one states the possibility of something depends on something else; to, so that, for that, in order to [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause in which one states the possibility of something depends on something else; to, so that, for that, in order to"
],
"links": [
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"so that",
"so that"
],
[
"for that",
"for that"
],
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause in which one states the possibility of something depends on something else; to, so that, for that, in order to [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aby"
},
{
"word": "ażeby"
},
{
"word": "by"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You bet! (literally, “So that you knew!”)",
"text": "Żebyś wiedział!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "You bet! (literally, “So that you knew!”)",
"text": "Żebyś wiedział!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speaker's position on the truthfulness of a given situation [+past tense] [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speaker's position on the truthfulness of a given situation [+past tense] [+past tense], [+present tense] or"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speaker's position on the truthfulness of a given situation [+past tense] [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gdyby"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish colloquialisms",
"Polish terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "you'd better believe it (literally, “so that I don't know what”)",
"text": "żeby nie wiem co"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause emphasizing that the speaker thinks the contents of their statement are apt [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause emphasizing that the speaker thinks the contents of their statement are apt [+past tense], [+present tense] or"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) creates a subordinate clause emphasizing that the speaker thinks the contents of their statement are apt [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "choćby"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I don't know if he...",
"text": "Nie wiem, żeby..."
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing doubt; that, if [+past tense]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing doubt; that, if"
],
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"if",
"if"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly in negated sentences) creates a subordinate clause expressing doubt; that, if [+past tense]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ażeby"
},
{
"word": "by"
},
{
"word": "iżby"
}
],
"tags": [
"in negated sentences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to think that (literally, “so that also”)",
"text": "żeby też",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "but to (think that)",
"text": "ale żeby",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speakers doubt with relation to the goodness of a given event; roughly, to think that [+past tense] or [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speakers doubt with relation to the goodness of a given event; roughly, to think that [+past tense] or"
],
"links": [
[
"to think that",
"to think that"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing the speakers doubt with relation to the goodness of a given event; roughly, to think that [+past tense] or [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "że"
},
{
"word": "że też"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish colloquialisms",
"Polish terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to talk for the sake of talking",
"text": "gadać, żeby gadać"
}
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause that expresses a lack of results; for the sake of [+infinitive]",
"creates a subordinate clause that expresses a lack of results; for the sake of"
],
"links": [
[
"for the sake of",
"for the sake of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) creates a subordinate clause that expresses a lack of results; for the sake of [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aby"
},
{
"word": "byle"
},
{
"word": "dla"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause in which the speaker thinks something else should be reality rather than what truly is; so that, may; if only [+past tense]",
"creates a subordinate clause in which the speaker thinks something else should be reality rather than what truly is; so that, may; if only"
],
"links": [
[
"so that",
"so that"
],
[
"may",
"may"
],
[
"if only",
"if only"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause in which the speaker thinks something else should be reality rather than what truly is; so that, may; if only [+past tense]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gdyby"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish literary terms",
"Polish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He ran away for three years just to end up in prison. [+infinitive]",
"text": "Uciekał przez trzy lata, żeby skończyć w więzieniu.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"introduces a subordinate clause relating a following event with a previous one that is not caused by the first event; just to, only to [+infinitive]",
"introduces a subordinate clause relating a following event with a previous one that is not caused by the first event; just to, only to"
],
"links": [
[
"just to",
"just to"
],
[
"only to",
"only to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) introduces a subordinate clause relating a following event with a previous one that is not caused by the first event; just to, only to [+infinitive]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aby"
},
{
"word": "ażeby"
},
{
"word": "by"
}
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish colloquialisms",
"Polish terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "as it were/so to speak/I'll add (literally, “in order to say so”)",
"text": "żeby tak powiedzieć"
}
],
"glosses": [
"introduces a second action co-occurring with another; to [+past tense]",
"introduces a second action co-occurring with another; to"
],
"links": [
[
"to",
"to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) introduces a second action co-occurring with another; to [+past tense]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "by"
},
{
"word": "dla"
},
{
"word": "gwoli"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Polish colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"creates a subordinate clause expressing consequences; or else [+past tense]",
"creates a subordinate clause expressing consequences; or else"
],
"links": [
[
"or else",
"or else"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) creates a subordinate clause expressing consequences; or else [+past tense]"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʐɛ.bɨ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʐɛ.bɨ/",
"tags": [
"Middle",
"Polish"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛbɨ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pl:Ida Kurcz"
],
"word": "żeby"
}
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