l'aimait

loved him/her

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loved him/her The l’ can refer to a person or thing; with bien, aimait often means “liked.”

FR: Sa mère l'aimait profondément.

EN: His mother loved him deeply.

Elle l'aimait beaucoup.

She liked him very much.

— Suspiria (1977)

Tom aimait Marie, qui ne l'aimait pas du tout.

Tom loved Marie, who didn’t love him at all.

Non, tout le monde l'aimait.

No, everyone loved him.

Je me suis rappelé combien ma fille l'aimait.

I remembered how much my daughter loved him.

Vous savez comme il l'aimait.

You know how much he loved him.

— Trois couleurs : Bleu (1993)

He loved her.

Elle lui annonça qu'elle ne l'aimait pas.

She told him that she didn't love him.

Mais le peuple l'aimait.

But the people loved him.

— Gladiator (2000)

Tom a demandé à Mary si elle l'aimait.

Tom asked Mary if she loved him.

Tom savait que Mary l'aimait.

Tom knew that Mary loved him.

She loved him.

Elle l'aimait encore.

She still loved him.

Elle sait que John l'aimait.

She knows that John loved her.

Triste parce que personne ne l'aimait.

Sad because nobody loved him.

— Retour à Silent Hill (2026)

Il l'aimait bien.

He liked her.

Il l'aimait plus ?

Did he love him more?

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Tout le monde l'aimait bien.

Everyone liked him.

Et mon père l'aimait.

And my father loved him.

— Gladiator (2000)

Tout le monde l'aimait.

Everyone loved him/her.

— Rebecca (1940)

Elle l'aimait et il l'aimait.

She loved him, and he loved her.

Sameer m'a dit que père l'aimait, qu'il sera d'accord.

Sameer told me that Father loved him and that he would agree.

— Mon cœur est déjà pris (1999)

Elle l'aimait autant que je l'aimais.

She loved him as much as I did.

Elle l'aimait alors que je l'aimais.

She loved him while I loved him.

On l'aimait bien.

We liked him.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Peut-être que Ruth l'aimait depuis le début.

Maybe Ruth loved him from the start.

Elle lui a écrit pour lui dire qu'elle l'aimait.

She wrote to him to tell him she loved him.

On l'aimait tous.

We all loved him.

Mardar l'aimait tellement, qu'il l'acheta.

Mardar loved her so much that he bought her.

— Suzhou River (2000)

Lui, elle l'aimait.

She loved him.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Elle lui dit qu'elle ne l'aimait pas.

She told him that she didn't love him.

Tom pensait que Marie l'aimait.

Tom thought that Marie loved him.

Tom aimait Marie et Marie l'aimait.

Tom loved Marie, and Marie loved him.

Elle lui a dit qu'elle ne l'aimait pas.

She told him that she didn’t love him.

Elle ne l'aimait pas.

She didn’t like him.

Selon Diane et Eve, il l'aimait.

According to Diane and Eve, he loved her.

— Mystic River (2003)

Marie se demandait si Tom l'aimait vraiment.

Marie wondered whether Tom really loved her.