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No. 5,449 in Russian

писала

"Pisala" (писала) means "wrote" (past tense, feminine singular) in English.

In a sentence

  • Она писала письмо своему другу.

    She was writing a letter to her friend.

    The word 'писала' is used in the past tense to describe an ongoing action of writing in the feminine form.

  • Раньше я часто писала рассказы.

    I often used to write stories.

    The word 'писала' indicates a repeated past action, thus conveying habitual activity in the feminine form.

  • Когда я проходила мимо, она писала что-то в своей тетради.

    As I walked by, she was writing something in her notebook.

    The word 'писала' expresses an action in progress in the past, functioning as part of a detailed description in the feminine form.

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