být.
to be
Meaning & usage
to be
Ten kabát je vlhký
to be (to exist)
bylo nebylo
used to form past tense forms of verbs with past participles
Jel jsem do Prahy.
used to form future tense forms of verbs with infinitives
Budu ti pomáhat.
used to form conditional mood forms of verbs with past participles
Já bych to neudělal.
used to form passive voice forms of verbs with passive participles
Jsem překvapen.
used to form conditional forms of verbs with past and passive participles
Byl by tam šel, kdyby ho byli pozvali.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Czech býti Czech být Inherited from Old Czech býti, from Proto-Slavic *byti.
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