No. 11,477 in Polish
jechali
"Jechali" means "they were driving" or "they were riding" in English.
In a sentence
Wczoraj jechali do szkoły autobusem.
Yesterday, they were traveling to school by bus.
The word 'jechali' is a past tense, masculine or mixed gender plural form of the verb 'jechać', meaning 'to go' or 'to travel' by vehicle.
Gdy jechali na wycieczkę, padał deszcz.
As they were traveling on the trip, it was raining.
Here 'jechali' describes an ongoing action in the past where a group was in motion using a vehicle.
Jechali wolno, bo droga była oblodzona.
They drove slowly because the road was icy.
In this sentence, 'jechali' indicates the act of moving slowly using a transport method in the past by mixed or masculine plural subjects.
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