No. 1,052 in Polish
chciała
"She wanted."
In a sentence
Maria chciała kupić nową książkę.
Maria wanted to buy a new book.
In this sentence, 'chciała' (wanted) is used in the past tense to indicate Maria's wish or intention to perform an action, namely buying a book.
Anna powiedziała, że zawsze chciała podróżować po Europie.
Anna said that she always wanted to travel around Europe.
Here, 'chciała' expresses a past continuous desire or dream, indicating Anna's longer-term wish to travel.
Czy chciałaś coś powiedzieć?
Did you want to say something?
Here, 'chciałaś' (a conjugated form of 'chciała' for second person singular feminine) is used to inquire about a specific intention or desire in a direct question.
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