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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

Could we get a discussion going on the various conversational uses of бывает? I've heard it used, I believe, to mean something like "It happens." Something like:

--Русские часто читают американские новости?

--Бывает.

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[berillii.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are right. But "бывать" can mean also "go to see", "be sometimes" and even just "be" (she is always at home in the evenings - она всегда бывает дома по вечерам).