No. 1,143 in Polish
skończył
"Finished" or "ended."
In a sentence
Mateusz skończył pracę wcześniej.
Mateusz finished work early.
Here, 'skończył' represents the past tense of the verb 'skończyć' (to finish), indicating completion of the action of finishing work by Mateusz.
Film właśnie skończył się.
The movie has just ended.
In this sentence, 'skończył' is part of a reflexive verb 'skończyć się' (to end), which describes the movie coming to its conclusion.
Kiedy skończył projekt, zaczął nowy.
When he completed the project, he started a new one.
Here, 'skończył' is used to denote the completion of the activity of finishing a project in the past.
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