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żeby

Meaning

  1. creates a subordinate clause expressing desire or wish; to, so that, for that, in order to [+past tense]
  2. creates a subordinate clause in which the speaker believes the following event would be good; to, that, had better, may [+past tense]
  3. creates a subordinate clause expressing aim or purpose, one's goal; to, so that, for that, in order to [+infinitive]
  4. creates a subordinate clause expressing expressing means by which something is achieved; to, so that, for that, in order to [+past tense] or [+infinitive]
  5. 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]
  6. creates a subordinate clause expressing the speaker's position on the truthfulness of a given situation [+past tense] [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]
  7. (colloquial) creates a subordinate clause emphasizing that the speaker thinks the contents of their statement are apt [+past tense], [+present tense] or [+infinitive]
  8. creates a subordinate clause expressing doubt; that, if [+past tense]
  9. 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]
  10. (colloquial) creates a subordinate clause that expresses a lack of results; for the sake of [+infinitive]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  13. (colloquial) introduces a second action co-occurring with another; to [+past tense]
  14. (colloquial) creates a subordinate clause expressing consequences; or else [+past tense]

Hyphenated as
że‧by
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʐɛ.bɨ/

Polish

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Sentences
Pamięć  ulatuje  i
  ludziom   chyba nie   zależy żeby   pamiętać .

Memory is slipping away and people probably do not care to remember.

Długo  radzili,  co   czynić żeby   się   jak   najbezpieczniej   o
  wszystkim   przekonać .

They advised for a long time what to do to be sure of everything as safely as possible.

"Niepodobieństwo,  żeby   pana  osądzono,  nie  zbadawszy  stanu  pańskiego  ducha ."

“The improbability of being judged without examining your state of mind.”

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