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ils continuaient

continued, kept on

→ continuer
continu to continue, to keep going + aient ils/elles imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #44,350
continued, kept on Imperfect past form of continuer.
FR: Ils continuaient à marcher malgré la pluie.
EN: They kept walking despite the rain.
Conjugation of continuer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third continuait continuaient

J’ai passé trois jours avec ces gens qui continuaient à arriver.

I spent three days with these people who kept showing up.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Ils continuaient à ramasser l'or.

They kept gathering the gold.

— Syndromes and a century (2006)

Les traces de pas continuaient jusqu'à la rivière.

The footprints continued all the way to the river.

Les Imbert continuaient leur besogne.

The Imberts carried on with their work.

Ils continuaient tout le temps de parler.

They kept talking all the time.

Ils continuaient parce qu'ils avaient foi.

They kept going because they had faith.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)