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) 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), 2006–2026