nebyl

nebyl

"Was not" or "were not."

Here, 'nebyl' negates the past indication of 'to be', meaning 'was not' in the context of a place or presence.

Ten muž tam nebyl.

The man was not there.

'Nebyl' forms part of the verbose compound verb structure for a hypothetical negative past conditional action.

Nebyl bych to udělal, kdybych měl na výběr.

I would not have done it if I had a choice.

Here, 'nebyl' is used to describe the nonexistence of a subject in the past in a context discussion.

Je jasné, že nebyl na trhu žádný lepší produkt.

It is clear that there was no better product on the market.