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il chassait

was hunting

→ chasser
chass to hunt + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #44,781
was hunting Imperfect tense (ongoing or habitual action in the past).
FR: Quand j’étais enfant, mon grand-père chassait tous les dimanches.
EN: When I was a child, my grandfather would go hunting every Sunday.
Conjugation of chasser
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third chassait —

Un chasseur chassait des lièvres avec son chien.

A hunter was hunting hares with his dog.

Capitaine, mon père vous le diras aussi il chassait des lapins.

Captain, my father will tell you the same thing, he used to hunt rabbits.

— Le Labyrinthe de Pan (2006)

Mon père chassait le lapin, Capitaine.

My father used to hunt rabbits, Captain.

— Le Labyrinthe de Pan (2006)

On me chassait sans arrêt, parce que je ne mourais pas.

They kept hunting me down because I didn't die.

— The Man from Earth (2007)