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j'invitais

was inviting, invited

→ inviter
invit to invite + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #42,640
was inviting, invited The imperfect tense, used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past; also used in a polite suggestion.
FR: J'invitais mes amis à dîner.
EN: I was inviting my friends to dinner.
Conjugation of inviter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First invitais —
Second invitais —
Third invitait —

Si tu invitais Aitor à dîner ?

What if you invited Aitor to dinner?

— Mirage (2018)

J'invitais les voisins.

I was inviting the neighbors.

Pour vendre un forfait, je les invitais à sortir.

To sell a package, I would invite them out.

— Yolo (2024)

Je l'invitais.

I was inviting him.

— Entretien avec un vampire (1994)

Que diriez-vous si je vous invitais à dîner ?

What would you say if I invited you to dinner?

Je le faisais, et je les invitais à m'aider mais ils n'en avaient cure.

I was doing it, and I invited them to help me, but they couldn't care less.

— The Witch (2016)