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il coupait

was cutting, used to cut

→ couper
coup to cut + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #37,237
was cutting, used to cut Imperfect tense (past), describing an ongoing or habitual action.
FR: Il coupait le pain avec un couteau.
EN: He was cutting the bread with a knife.
Conjugation of couper
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third coupait —

Il disait ce qu'il allait faire quand il le coupait.

He was saying what he was going to do when he cut it off.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Tom coupait les tomates.

Tom was cutting the tomatoes.

Si on lui coupait les cheveux ?

What if we cut his hair?

— Parle avec elle (2002)

Je sais pas, elle coupait un truc, on s'en fout non ?

I don't know, she was cutting something. Who cares, right?

— Grave (2017)

Ziri coupait la tôle.

Ziri was cutting the sheet metal.