Thread: Please Help

«Ставка» is a noun, so «я ставка» would mean "I am a bid"! According to MasterAdmin's translation, "I bid" (past tense) would be «я сделал/а* ставку» (literally "I made a bid"), and "my bid" would be «моя ставка».

Bear in mind that "I bid", in English, is ambiguous, as it could be either simple present or simple past tense ("I bid on auctions every week", or "I bid on an auction last week".)

* «Сделал» if the speaker is male, «сделала» if the speaker is female.

Demonic Duck that was a great reply thanks!!

So would "I bid" present tense.. as in I am someone who bids.. along the lines of "I dance".. be the same as "I bid" past tense, and also if it wasn't necessarily said by a male or a female what would apply regarding masculinity/feminity. (say it was the name of a website or book for example)

Once again thanks for the great help!!

I guess the present tense would be я делаю ставки(I make bids), although that might be ambiguous as it could also mean 'I make bets'.
Maybe you would need to mention auctions explicitly. eg. something like я участвую в аукционах/торгах(I take parrt in auctions)