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il lisait

was reading, used to read

→ lire
lis read + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #18,978
was reading, used to read Imperfect tense (describes an ongoing or habitual action in the past).
FR: Quand je suis entré, il lisait un livre.
EN: When I came in, he was reading a book.
Conjugation of lire
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First lisais —
Second lisais lisiez
Third lisait lisaient

Tom lisait un livre.

Tom was reading a book.

Je suis déjà sortie avec une fille qui lisait.

I once went out with a girl who was reading.

— Picnic (1955)

Avant, on lisait de la pornographie.

Before, we used to read pornography.

— Fight Club (1999)

La petite fille lisait un conte de fées sur un chat qui parle.

The little girl was reading a fairy tale about a talking cat.

Debout dans la file d'attente, il lisait son journal.

Standing in the queue, he was reading his newspaper.

Chez lui, il lisait toujours allongé.

At home, he always read lying down.

Elle a couvert sa tête avec un voile et lisait quelque chose.

She covered her head with a veil and was reading something.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Sami lisait Tolstoï.

Sami read Tolstoy.

Je savais qu'il lisait.

I knew he was reading.

Il était assis et lisait un livre.

He was sitting and reading a book.

L'élève lisait un texte.

The student was reading a text.

Mon père me lisait des histoires pour dormir.

My father used to read me bedtime stories.

Tom s'est endormi pendant qu'il lisait.

Tom fell asleep while he was reading.

Sami lisait le journal.

Sami was reading the newspaper.

Tom lisait un livre tout en écoutant de la musique.

Tom was reading a book while listening to music.

Au repas, il parla à Bill d'un livre de science qu'il lisait à propos du temps.

At the meal, he told Bill about a science book he was reading about time.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Il lisait beaucoup.

He read a lot.

Marie lisait.

Marie was reading.

Ziri lisait.

Ziri was reading.

Ben lisait les lignes de ma main.

Ben was reading the lines of my palm.

— Burning (2018)