No. 78 in Polish
mówił
"Spoke" or "was speaking."
In a sentence
On mówił mi o swoich wakacjach.
He told me about his vacation.
The word 'mówił' in this sentence is in past tense, third-person singular, indicative mood of the verb 'mówić' which means 'to speak or tell'. It's used to describe an action in the past where the subject shared information.
Mówił coś, ale go nie słyszałem.
He was saying something, but I didn't hear him.
Here, 'mówił' expresses an imperfective action in the past, indicating an ongoing or incomplete action. This use emphasizes the process rather than the result.
Kiedy go zobaczyłem, mówił przez telefon.
When I saw him, he was speaking on the phone.
In this example, 'mówił' is again in the past tense and conveys an action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.
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