budući da

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

biti + da. Literal translation would be "being that".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bûduːt͡ɕi da/

Conjunction

bȕdūći da (Cyrillic spelling бу̏дӯћи да)

  1. since, because (indicating causality)
    Budući da se dobro pripremio, pobijedio je na natjecanju. ― He won the competition because he prepared well.
    Budući da nije došao na vrijeme, zakasnio je na autobus. ― Because he didn't arrive on time, he was late for the bus.

Usage notes

Always used sentence-initially, see jer

References
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