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je doutais

doubted, suspected, realized

→ douter
dout to doubt + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,122
doubted With *se douter de*, it means to suspect or realize; with *douter de*, it means to doubt.
FR: Je doutais de sa réponse.
EN: I doubted his answer.
suspected, realized Used with *se* and usually *de* or *que*; often in the negative to mean not suspect or have no idea.
FR: Je ne me doutais pas du problème.
EN: I didn’t suspect the problem.
Conjugation of douter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First doutais —
Second doutais —
Third doutait —

Je ne me doutais pas que je me faisais arnaquer.

I had no idea I was being scammed.

C'est toi qui doutais de la perfection de son corps.

You were the one who doubted the perfection of her body.

— Funny Games (1997)

Tu en doutais ?

Did you doubt it?

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Tu ne te doutais de rien ?

You didn't suspect a thing?

— The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Je ne doutais pas que mon père viendrait.

I had no doubt that my father would come.

Je ne me doutais de rien.

I had no idea.

Mais tu t'en doutais.

But you already suspected as much.

— Tesis (1996)