This is the 999th most frequent Slovenian word.
šel
"Šel" means "went" in English.
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.
Potem ko smo dolgo govorili, je šel naprej.
After we spoke for a long time, he proceeded forward.
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.
Danes je šel na tržnico kupiti svežo zelenjavo.
Today he went to the market to buy fresh vegetables.
Here, 'šel' describes the action of moving past a specific point (the window), emphasizing a witnessed event in past time by the observer.