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Byť changes meaning with what follows: a place (where), z + place (origin), or a noun (who/what you are).
In a sentence
byť + location — where
Som v Bratislave.
I am in Bratislava.
byť + z — origin
Som z Bratislavy.
I am from Bratislava.
byť + noun — identity / role
Som učiteľ.
I am a teacher.
Other
Keď vyrastiem, chcem byť kráľom.
When I grow up, I want to be king.
Examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
Source
Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Includes Tatoeba example sentences when present.
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