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il achetait

was buying, used to buy

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achet buy + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #33,973
was buying, used to buy Imperfect tense (third person singular): describes an ongoing action in the past or a habitual past action.
FR: Il achetait du pain tous les matins.
EN: He used to buy bread every morning.
Conjugation of acheter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third achetait —

Yanni n'achetait jamais des vêtements chers.

Yanni never bought expensive clothes.

Tom a demandé à Mary pourquoi elle achetait autant de nourriture.

Tom asked Mary why she was buying so much food.

Tom achetait le journal.

Tom was buying the newspaper.

Si on achetait toutes ces assurances, on n'arriverait pas à les payer.

If we bought all these insurance policies, we wouldn’t be able to afford them.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Dis, et si on achetait le champ et la source de Pique-Bouffigue là-haut ?

Hey, what if we bought the field and the spring of Pique-Bouffigue up there?

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Il n'achetait pas de pain.

He wasn't buying any bread.

Tout le monde achetait ses baguettes chez Ollivander.

Everyone bought their baguettes at Ollivander's.

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

Sami achetait de la glace et des gâteaux pour la fête.

Sami was buying ice cream and cakes for the party.