bylo nebylo

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Literally, “there was, there was not”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɪlo nɛbɪlo]
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Phrase

bylo nebylo

  1. once upon a time (traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales)
    bylo nebylo v jednom dalekém městě ― once upon a time in a land far away
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