je mangeais

ate, used to eat

m ɑ̃ . ʒ ɛ → manger
mange to eat + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #39,354
ate, used to eat
FR: Quand j'étais petit, je mangeais souvent des pâtes.
EN: When I was little, I used to eat pasta often.
Conjugation of manger
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First mangeais mangions
Second mangeais mangiez
Third mangeait mangeaient

Tu mangeais des nouilles chez nous.

You used to eat noodles at our place.

— Thirst, ceci est mon sang (2009)

Je savais pas que tu mangeais aussi la merde !

I didn't know you ate shit too!

— God of Cookery (1996)

À l'époque, je ne mangeais que des cochonneries.

Back then, I used to eat nothing but junk food.

T'en mangeais beaucoup au lycée.

You used to eat a lot of it in high school.

— Mother (2009)

Pourquoi mangeais-tu seul ?

Why were you eating alone?

J'ai entendu dire que tu ne mangeais pas de viande.

I heard that you don't eat meat.

Tu mangeais !

You were eating!

— Il était une fois en Chine (1991)

Je ne mangeais que du riz.

I was only eating rice.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

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