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il apprenait

was learning, learned, was teaching, taught

→ apprendre
appren learn + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #34,344
was learning, learned The imperfect can describe an ongoing or habitual past action.
FR: Elle apprenait le français à l'école.
EN: She was learning French at school.
was teaching, taught With a subject and a person being taught, apprendre means “teach.”
FR: Il apprenait l'anglais à sa fille.
EN: He was teaching his daughter English.
Conjugation of apprendre
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Second — appreniez
Third apprenait —

Il apprenait un poème.

He was learning a poem.

Tom t'a-t-il dit qu'il apprenait le français ?

Did Tom tell you that he was learning French?

Selon le groom, elle apprenait le japonais.

According to the groom, she was learning Japanese.

— 2046 (2004)

Elle apprenait le russe à ses enfants.

She taught her children Russian.

Tu sais ce qui arriverait si le fisc apprenait que j'ai un coupé flambant neuf ?

Do you know what would happen if the tax authorities found out I had a brand-new coupe?

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Je me souviens que ma mère m'apprenait l'alphabet.

I remember my mother teaching me the alphabet.

Tu sais ce qui se passerait si Chet l'apprenait ?

Do you know what would happen if Chet found out?

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Il apprenait à nager.

He was learning to swim.

Je ne pensais pas que ça s'apprenait par correspondance.

I didn’t think you could learn that through a correspondence course.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Alors, le monde apprenait que la Terre était ronde en même temps que toi.

So, the world learned that the Earth was round at the same time as you.

— The Man from Earth (2007)