No. 5,619 in Russian
появлялись
"Appeared" or "emerged."
In a sentence
В далёких краях появились удивительные существа.
In distant lands, astonishing creatures appeared.
In this sentence, "появлялись" is used in the past tense to indicate the emergence or arrival of beings in a specified location.
На горизонте иногда появлялись корабли.
Ships would occasionally appear on the horizon.
Here, "появлялись" describes a recurring action in the past, indicating something that happened repeatedly over time.
Где-то в ночи появлялись огоньки.
Somewhere in the night, lights appeared.
In this context, "появлялись" conveys a past event where lights came into vision or appeared in the night.
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