вы были очень

you were very

→ вы

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you were very This is an incomplete phrase: it is followed by an adjective, such as близки (close), милы (kind), рады (glad), or счастливы (happy). Вы can mean formal or plural “you.”

RU: Вы были очень заняты вчера?

EN: Were you very busy yesterday?

Вы были очень добры.

You have been very kind.

— Ребекка (1940)

Вы были очень милы.

You were very kind.

— Жизнь прекрасна (1997)