No. 17,149 in Polish
zabierała
"Zabierała" means "she/it was taking" or "she/it used to take."
In a sentence
Anna zabierała swoje dzieci na spacer codziennie.
Anna used to take her children for a walk every day.
In this sentence, 'zabierała' is the past imperfective form of the verb 'zabierać', indicating an habitual action in the past.
Gdy spóźniał się autobus, zabierała książkę, aby poczytać.
When the bus was late, she would take a book to read.
Here, 'zabierała' is used in an imperfective past tense form to describe an action performed as a response or habit when a specific condition occurred.
Każdego ranka zabierała swoje dokumenty do pracy.
Every morning, she would take her documents to work.
In this example, 'zabierała' describes a repeated action in the past, denoting the act of taking objects with her to a specific location.
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