No. 280 in Czech
bývalý
"Former" or "ex-"
In a sentence
Můj bývalý učitel mě naučil mnoho věcí.
My former teacher taught me many things.
Here, 'bývalý' is used as an adjective meaning 'former', describing a previous teacher the speaker had.
To bývalý hotel je nyní tělocvična.
That former hotel is now a gym.
In this sentence, 'bývalý' signifies that the place used to be a hotel but is not anymore, highlighting a change in purpose or identity.
Pamatuji si na naše bývalé rozhovory.
I remember our past conversations.
Here, 'bývalé' (a form of 'bývalý') is used in plural to describe conversations that occurred in the past, indicating a prior time period relative to the present.
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