THE PAST - You were

As with the present tense there are easy ways to find the other forms of verbs without having to learn them by heart

Let's take the male form of "I was":

I was -

To get the 'you (informal) form' we just drop the 'm' and add 'ś':

You were in Warsaw (talking to a male) - Byłeś w Warszawie

The same goes for the female 'you (informal) form'

You were in Warsaw (talking to a female) - Byłaś w Warszawie

In English we say "I was in the supermarket today/yesterday". In Polish, when we are talking about yesterday or today we say "I was today/yesterday in the supermarket".

The order is [VERB] - [TIME] - [ACTIVITY].

Were you in town yesterday? - Czy byłaś wczoraj w mieście

Again, take your time to think out the following phrases and they'll be much faster to learn. The audio is when spoken to a female

Were you in town yesterday? (female) -
You were in Kraków today (female) -
Why were you in Kraków today? (female) -
Did you have your laptop yesterday (female) -
Were you looking for work yesterday (female) -

Take your time to think out the 'you (informal)' forms of the following. The audio is the version when talking to a male.

Thinking these out, rather than trying to remember them, makes learning faster.

You lived in Warsaw (male) -
You remembered (male) -
You had a car (male) -
You were looking for my house (male) -
You liked it (male) -
You thought that you had a problem (male) -
You had to go to town (male) -

Now try asking these questions to a female:

Did you live in Warsaw? (female) -
Did you remember (female) -
Did you have a car? (female) -
Were you in the supermarket? (female) -
Were you looking for my house? (female) -
Did you think that you had a problem? (female) -
Did you like it? (female) -
Did you have to go to town? (female) -

Present and Past Tense

Click and drag these verb forms into their correct tenses

Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

Match the male and female versions of the you (informal) verb forms in the past tense

Tap on each pair to make them disappear.

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

myślałaś

mieszkałaś

musiałeś

szukałaś

byłeś

szukałeś

mieszkałeś

miałeś

pamiętałaś

musiałaś

myślałeś

miałaś

byłaś

lubiłeś

lubiłaś

pamiętałeś

Think out the Polish

Practice the sentences from the lesson.

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

You were in Warsaw	(male) q3\|Byłeś w Warszawie

You were in Warsaw	(female) q3\|Byłaś w Warszawie

You lived in Warsaw	(male) q3\|Mieszkałeś w Warszawie

You remembered	(male) q3\|Pamiętałeś

You had a car	(male) q3\|Miałeś samochód

You were looking for my house	(male) q3\|Szukałeś mojego domu

You liked it	(male) q3\|Lubiłeś to

You thought that you had a problem	(male) q3\|Myślałeś, że miałeś problem

You had to go to town	(male) q3\|Musiałeś iść do miasta

Did you live in Warsaw?	(female) q3\|Czy mieszkałaś w Warszawie?

Did you remember?	(female) q3\|Czy pamiętałaś?

Did you have a car?	(female) q3\|Czy miałaś samochód?

Were you in the supermarket?	(female) q3\|Czy byłaś w supermarkecie?

Were you looking for my house?	(female) q3\|Czy szukałaś mojego domu?

Did you think you had a problem?	(female)

Did you like it?	(female) q3\|Czy lubiłaś to?

Did you have to go to town?	(female) q3\|Czy musiałaś iść do miasta?

Were you in town yesterday?	(female) q3\|Czy byłaś wczoraj w mieście?

Were you in the supermarket today?	(female) q3\|Czy byłaś dziś w supermarkecie?

You were in Kraków today	(female) q3\|Byłaś dziś w Krakowie

Why were you in Kraków today?	(female) q3\|Dlaczego byłaś dziś w Krakowie?

Did you have your laptop yesterday?	(female)

Were you looking for work yesterday?	(female) q3\|Czy szukałaś wczoraj pracy?