být verb

Pronunciation [bít]

Imperfective.

Conjugation

✓ forms checked 7 October 2026 against IJP

infinitive: být

present tense
	singular	plural
1st person	jsem	jsme
2nd person	jsi -sencl.	jste
3rd person	je jestlit.	jsou

future tense
	singular	plural
1st person	budu	budeme
2nd person	budeš	budete
3rd person	bude	budou

conditional
	singular	plural
1st person	bych	bychom
2nd person	bys	byste
3rd person	by

imperative
	singular	plural
1st person	—	buďme
2nd person	buď	buďte
3rd person	—

Participles and transgressives
	singular				plural
	m. anim.	m. inan.	f.	n.	m. anim.	m. inan.	f.	n.
past participle	byl		byla	bylo	byli	byly		byla
passive participle	—				—
present transgressive	jsa		jsouc		jsouce
past transgressive	byv		byvši		byvše

encl.: enclitic form – attached to the preceding word (tys, žes)
lit.: literary
—: no such form; Transgressives are literary.

Negative

nebýt, nejsem, nejsme …

infinitive: nebýt

present tense
	singular	plural
1st person	nejsem	nejsme
2nd person	nejsi	nejste
3rd person	není	nejsou

future tense
	singular	plural
1st person	nebudu	nebudeme
2nd person	nebudeš	nebudete
3rd person	nebude	nebudou

imperative
	singular	plural
1st person	—	nebuďme
2nd person	nebuď	nebuďte
3rd person	—

Participles and transgressives
	singular				plural
	m. anim.	m. inan.	f.	n.	m. anim.	m. inan.	f.	n.
past participle	nebyl		nebyla	nebylo	nebyli	nebyly		nebyla
passive participle	—				—
present transgressive	nejsa		nejsouc		nejsouce
past transgressive	nebyv		nebyvši		nebyvše

—: no such form; Transgressives are literary.