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

• “budući da”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024