nous mangions

ate, used to eat

m ɑ̃ . ʒ j ɔ̃ → manger
mang to eat + ions we imperfect tense
verb · imperfect tense / present tense, 1st-person plural Rare #42,531
ate, used to eat Used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
FR: Le dimanche, nous mangions souvent dehors.
EN: On Sundays, we often ate out.
Conjugation of manger
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First mange mangions
Second manges mangiez
Third mange mangent
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First mangeais mangions
Second mangeais mangiez
Third mangeait mangeaient

Nous mangions du poisson et du riz.

We ate fish and rice.

À la maison nous ne mangions pas de volaille.

At home, we didn’t eat poultry.

Nous mangions des œufs.

We ate eggs.

Si nous mangions dehors ce soir ?

How about we eat out tonight?

La coutume veut que nous mangions ici.

It is customary for us to eat here.

— Épouses et Concubines (1991)

Nous buvions du thé, mangions des gâteaux.

We drank tea and ate cakes.

— La petite Véra (1988)

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