No. 6,391 in Polish
byłeś
"Byłeś" means "you were" (masculine singular) in English.
In a sentence
Byłeś wczoraj na spotkaniu.
You were at the meeting yesterday.
The word 'byłeś' here shows the past tense second-person singular masculine form of the verb 'to be,' indicating an action completed in the past where the subject is male.
Czy byłeś kiedyś w Polsce?
Have you ever been to Poland?
In this sentence, 'byłeś' is used in the past tense to inquire if a male individual has experienced being in Poland at any point in the past.
Myślałem, że byłeś zajęty.
I thought you were busy.
Here, 'byłeś' conveys the past state of being busy, referring to the male subject in the second person singular.
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