Conditional Forms: Saying "Would Do"
To talk about hypothetical situations or what someone "would do," you use the conditional. This is formed using the past tense form of the verb (the -l form) followed by the conjugated conditional particle by. The particle by often appears after the subject or the verb.
- Formation: Past tense (l-form) + conjugated form of by (byh, bsy, by, byhmo, byste, by)
- Examples: Ja čital byh (m.) / čitala byh (f.) tu knigų (I would read that book). On išel by do kina (He would go to the cinema). My dělali byhmo to vsi zajedno (We would do that all together). čto byste hotěli? (What would you like? - using past tense plural for 'vy')