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il venait

he used to come

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phrase Uncommon #19,806
he used to come The imperfect tense can also describe an ongoing past action, meaning “he was coming.”
FR: Il venait souvent nous voir.
EN: He used to come and see us often.

Il venait voir Padmé.

He was coming to see Padmé.

— Star Wars, épisode I - La Menace fantôme (1999)

Quand il venait, j'étais heureux.

Whenever he came, I was happy.

— Les Anges déchus (1995)

Il venait et peignait.

He used to come and paint.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Il venait d'un autre pays.

He came from another country.

Il venait la rejoindre chaque nuit dans sa chambre.

He came to join her every night in her room.

Le gars était là, il venait pour son flingue.

The guy was there, he came for his gun.

— Léon (1994)

Il venait du Canada.

He came from Canada.

— L'Échine du diable (2001)

Il me fallut longtemps pour comprendre d'où il venait.

It took me a long time to understand where he came from.

Car, remarquez-le bien, il venait du dehors, lui.

Because, mind you, he came from outside.

Il venait tous les dimanches.

He used to come every Sunday.

— A Bad Son (1980)

Il venait souvent discuter le dimanche.

He often came to chat on Sundays.

Il venait souvent à notre club de football.

He often came to our football club.

— Secret Sunshine (2007)

Je ne sais pas d'où il venait, mais il est arrivé dans cette ville tout seul.

I don't know where he came from, but he arrived in this city all by himself.

— Departures (2008)

Il venait d’ailleurs ; ses coutumes étaient différentes des nôtres.

He came from elsewhere; his customs were different from ours.

Il venait du futur, lui aussi.

He came from the future, too.

— Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991)

Il venait à cette mine.

He used to come to this mine.

— Pour une poignée de dollars (1964)

Il venait de nulle part.

He came from nowhere.

— Qui suis-je (2014)

Il venait réparer l'ascenseur.

He was coming to fix the elevator.

— Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

Et il venait à cheval.

And he came on horseback.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

J'ai demandé à l'inconnu d'où il venait.

I asked the stranger where he was from.

Tu ne t'es pas demandé d'où il venait ?

Didn't you wonder where he came from?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Il venait du bibliothécaire du comté.

It came from the county librarian.

À de certaines heures il venait régulièrement, sinon causer, du moins l'écouter.

At certain times, he would come regularly, if not to talk, at least to listen to him.