Questions & Answers about Původní plán byl jednoduchý.
Byl is the past tense of být (to be), so the sentence is in the past: was.
- je = is
- byl = was (masculine singular)
So:
- Plán je jednoduchý. = The plan is simple.
- Plán byl jednoduchý. = The plan was simple.
Because plán is a masculine singular noun, the past-tense form is byl.
In Czech, the past tense of být changes according to gender and number.
Here are the basic singular forms:
And plural:
- byli / byly / byla depending on gender group
Since plán is a masculine singular noun, Czech uses byl:
- Ten plán byl jednoduchý.
If the subject were feminine, you would get:
- Situace byla jednoduchá. = The situation was simple.