No. 11,870 in Russian
записывали
"Записывали" means "were recording" or "were writing down."
In a sentence
Они записывали лекцию на своих ноутбуках.
They were recording the lecture on their laptops.
In this case, 'записывали' indicates the action of recording the lecture in written form or electronically.
В прошлый раз мы записывали это слово в словаре.
Last time we wrote this word in the dictionary.
Here, 'записывали' refers to writing down or documenting the word in a dictionary.
Участники записывали свои предпочтения в анкетах.
The participants wrote down their preferences in the questionnaires.
Here, 'записывали' is used to describe participants filling out information or preferences on forms or questionnaires.
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