il changeait

was changing, changed

→ changer
change to change + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #25,641
was changing, changed Imperfect tense (past): describes an ongoing, repeated, or background action in the past.
FR: Il changeait de travail tous les deux ans.
EN: He changed jobs every two years.
Conjugation of changer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First changeais
Second changeais
Third changeait

Il changeait d'avis tous les jours.

He changed his mind every day.

Marie changeait d'avis.

Marie was changing her mind.

Là-bas, on changeait tout le temps d'endroit.

Over there, we were always moving from place to place.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Quand l'argent changeait de mains, Rocha prenait une taxe.

Whenever money changed hands, Rocha took a cut.

— Troupe d'Élite : l'Ennemi Intérieur (2010)

Ça n'aurait rien changer mais ça changeait quelque chose.

It shouldn't have changed anything, but it did.

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

En quittant cette mine, on a senti que la réalité changeait.

As we left that mine, we felt reality shifting.

— Carnets de voyage (2004)

Rima changeait les draps d'Adriano.

Rima was changing Adriano’s sheets.

Qu'est-ce que ça changeait?

What difference did it make?

— L'Accusé (2017)

Tout changeait.

Everything was changing.

Une certaine idée toute simple qui changeait tout.

A certain simple idea that changed everything.

Si on changeait le nom?

What if we changed the name?

— Tampopo (1985)

Ça ne changeait rien.

It didn't change anything.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Si voter changeait quelque chose, on l'aurait interdit.

If voting changed anything, they would have banned it.