No. 5,066 in Polish
pracowali
"Pracowali" means "they worked" in English.
In a sentence
W zeszłym roku pracowali nad nowym projektem.
Last year, they worked on a new project.
The word 'pracowali' serves as the 3rd person plural masculine past tense form of 'pracować', indicating an action of working performed in the past.
Kiedyś pracowali jako nauczyciele w małej szkole.
They once worked as teachers at a small school.
Here, 'pracowali' again reflects past responsibility or employment of the subject group.
Pracowali ciężko, żeby ukończyć zadanie na czas.
They worked hard to complete the task on time.
In this instance, 'pracowali' emphasizes the effort and diligence applied by the subjects in a past activity.
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