No. 6,264 in Russian
узнавал
"Узнавал" means "was finding out" or "was recognizing."
In a sentence
Я узнавал новые детали о проекте, когда общался с коллегами.
I was learning new details about the project while talking to my colleagues.
The word "узнавал" in this sentence is in the past tense and indicates that the speaker obtained new information on multiple occasions as a recurring activity.
Раньше он часто узнавал интересные факты из книг.
He used to often learn interesting facts from books.
Here, "узнавал" conveys a habitual action in the past, emphasizing frequent learning of facts over a period.
Отец узнавал, как прошёл мой день, каждый вечер за ужином.
Father used to find out how my day went every evening at dinner.
In this context, "узнавал" means the act of inquiring or acquiring information regularly, displaying the ongoing nature of the action.
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