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il apprenait

was learning, learned

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appren learn + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #33,163
was learning, learned Imperfect tense (past): describes an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
FR: Quand il apprenait le français, il écoutait des podcasts tous les jours.
EN: When he was learning French, he listened to podcasts every day.
Conjugation of apprendre
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Second — appreniez
Third apprenait —

Il apprenait un poème.

He was learning a poem.

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

I remember my mother teaching me the alphabet.

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

Did Tom tell you that he was learning French?

Elle apprenait le russe à ses enfants.

She taught her children Russian.

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)

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)