No. 17,681 in Polish
zmieniały
"Zmieniały" means "they were changing."
In a sentence
Dzisiejsze zasady zmieniały się w przeszłości.
Today's rules changed in the past.
zmieniały (changed) is used here to indicate a past action concerning the rules, referring to the plural feminine nominative subject 'zasady'.
W czasie rewolucji technologicznych zmieniały się priorytety społeczeństwa.
During technological revolutions, the priorities of society were changing.
zmieniały (were changing) reflects an ongoing past action describing evolving priorities, linked to the subject 'priorytety' in the plural.
Gdy opisujecie te historie, różne szczegóły zmieniały się zależnie od opowiadającego.
When you recount these stories, various details changed depending on the narrator.
zmieniały (changed) denotes action in the past related to specific details, adhering to the plural form for the subject 'szczegóły'.
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