Word
Wczoraj poszedłem z żoną do kina, a potem na spacer.
Meaning
Yesterday I went to the cinema with my wife and then for a walk.
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Breakdown of Wczoraj poszedłem z żoną do kina, a potem na spacer.
ja
I
do
to
wczoraj
yesterday
pójść
to go (on foot, perfective)
Questions & Answers about Wczoraj poszedłem z żoną do kina, a potem na spacer.
Why is it poszedłem and not szedłem or chodziłem?
Polish has several different verbs for going on foot:
- iść / pójść – to go (one specific movement, usually once, in one direction)
- past: szedłem / szłam (imperfective), poszedłem / poszłam (perfective)
- chodzić – to go (habitually, repeatedly, or back-and-forth), past: chodziłem / chodziłam
In this sentence we talk about one completed event yesterday: you went (once) to the cinema.
- poszedłem = I went (and this action is seen as a single, completed event)
- szedłem would mean I was walking / I was going (emphasizing the process)
- chodziłem do kina would mean I used to go to the cinema (habitually)
So poszedłem is chosen because it expresses a single, completed action in the past.
What does the ending -em in poszedłem tell me?