kdyby
Czech
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech kdyby. By surface analysis, univerbation of kdy + by.
Pronunciation
editParticle
editkdyby
- Denotes desire or wish; if only; had better
Conjunction
editkdyby
- if
- Kdybyste dostali letenku zdarma, kam byste se vydali?. ― If you got a plane ticket for free, where would you head off to?
Usage notes
edit- Used with hypothetical conditions.
Inflection
editsingular | plural | |
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1st person | kdybych | kdybychom |
2nd person | kdybys | kdybyste |
3rd person | kdyby | kdyby |
Further reading
editOld Czech
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Univerbation of kdy + by.
Pronunciation
editParticle
editkdyby
- Denotes desire or wish; if only; had better
Conjunction
editkdyby
Inflection
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | kdybych | kdybychově (-va) | kdybychom (-me/-my) |
2nd person | kdyby | kdybysta (-šta) | kdybyste (-šte) |
3rd person | kdyby | kdyby, kdybysta (-šta) | kdyby, kdybychu |
Descendants
edit- Czech: kdyby
References
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kdyby”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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