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ils descendaient

were getting off, were going down, were descending

→ descendre
descend go down + aient they imperfect tense
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #48,078
were getting off Used with a vehicle or boat.
FR: À la gare, les voyageurs descendaient du train.
EN: At the station, the travelers were getting off the train.
were going down, were descending
FR: Ils descendaient lentement l’escalier.
EN: They were slowly going down the stairs.
Conjugation of descendre
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Second — descendiez
Third descendait descendaient

À minuit ses amis descendaient du train.

At midnight, his friends got off the train.

Je vérifiais surtout qu’ils ne descendaient pas du bateau ivres.

I was mainly checking that they weren’t getting off the boat drunk.

Ils descendaient.

They were going down.

À deux heures, les voyageurs descendaient à la station d'Ogden.

At two o’clock, the travelers got off at Ogden Station.

Quelques personnes descendaient.

A few people were getting off.