No. 287 in Czech
stalo
"Stalo" in Czech means "happened" or "occurred" in English.
In a sentence
Co se tady stalo?
What happened here?
In this sentence, 'stalo' is used as the past-tense form of 'stát se', meaning 'to happen'. It asks about a past event.
To se stalo včera v noci.
This happened last night.
Here, 'stalo' again refers to the past event as the occurrence in question occurred the previous night.
Takové věci se staly už mnohokrát.
Such things have happened many times already.
In this statement, 'staly' is used as 'stalo' in plural form to refer to events happening multiple times in the past.
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