il expliquait

was explaining, explained

→ expliquer

expliqu to explain + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation

verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #47,216

was explaining, explained The imperfect form describes an action in progress or a repeated action in the past; it can also give a past explanation or reason.

FR: Elle m’expliquait la règle.

EN: She was explaining the rule to me.

Conjugation of expliquer

expliquer

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
Third	expliquait	—

Tout s'expliquait ainsi, et rien ne s'expliquait autrement.

That explained everything, and nothing could be explained any other way.

AutoDoc m’expliquait ce qu’il avait fait à tel ou tel organe.

AutoDoc was explaining to me what he had done to one organ or another.

Mais plus Linguini expliquait, plus le sourire d'Ego disparaissait.

But the more Linguini explained, the more Ego’s smile faded.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Voilà qui expliquait bien des choses.

That explained a lot.

J'ai pigé ce que le prof expliquait.

I understood what the teacher was explaining.