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j'ignorais

didn't know, was unaware of

→ ignorer
ignor ignore + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #33,287
didn't know, was unaware of In this sense, it means not knowing something, rather than deliberately ignoring it.
FR: J'ignorais son adresse.
EN: I didn't know her address.
Conjugation of ignorer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First ignorais —
Second ignorais ignoriez
Third ignorait ignoraient

Tu ignorais que l'extérieur était comme ça ?

You didn't know the outside was like this?

— Printemps, été, automne, hiver... et printemps (2003)

Mais j’ignorais toujours tes demandes !

But I still ignored your requests!

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

Tu ignorais que Tom était gay ?

You didn't know Tom was gay?

Pourquoi l'ignorais-je ?

Why did I ignore it?

Juste parce que tu l'ignorais ne veut pas dire que c'est un mensonge.

Just because you didn't know about it doesn't mean it's a lie.

Je suis surpris que tu ignorais cela.

I'm surprised you didn't know that.

Je pensais que tu ignorais ça.

I thought you were ignoring that.

Tu l'ignorais ?

You didn't know that?

— Un Soleil (2019)

Je I'ignorais.

I didn't know that.

Je pensais que tu ignorais cela.

I thought you were ignoring that.

Je croyais que tu l'ignorais ?

I thought you were ignoring him?

— Salé, Sucré (1994)