No. 393 in Slovak
bol
"Bol" means "was" in English.
In a sentence
Bol som včera v kine.
I was at the cinema yesterday.
Used as a verb ('was'), 'bol' indicates a past tense of the verb 'to be' in the masculine singular first person.
Bol to ťažký deň.
It was a hard day.
Here, 'bol' functions as the past tense third-person singular masculine form of 'to be', indicating 'it was' in the context of describing the day.
Kde bol tvoj brat?
Where was your brother?
In this interrogative sentence, 'bol' is used as the past tense third-person singular masculine form of 'to be', asking about the location or state of someone's brother.
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