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Slovenian frequency list

No. 999 in Slovenian

šel

"Šel" means "went" in English.

In a sentence

  • Danes je šel na tržnico kupiti svežo zelenjavo.

    Today he went to the market to buy fresh vegetables.

    Here, 'šel' is used as the masculine singular past tense form of the verb 'iti' (to go), indicating that a male subject moved to a place in the past.

  • Potem ko smo dolgo govorili, je šel naprej.

    After we spoke for a long time, he proceeded forward.

    In this sentence, 'šel' indicates progression or movement to the next stage, again as the past tense of 'going' in a physical or metaphorical journey.

  • Videla sem, da je šel mimo okna.

    I saw that he walked past the window.

    Here, 'šel' describes the action of moving past a specific point (the window), emphasizing a witnessed event in past time by the observer.

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