il mentait

was lying

→ mentir
ment to lie + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #22,255
was lying
FR: Il mentait à ses amis.
EN: He was lying to his friends.
Conjugation of mentir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Second — mentiez
Third mentait —

Je savais que Tom me mentait.

I knew Tom was lying to me.

Il me mentait pas alors.

He wasn't lying to me then.

— Volver (2006)

Je savais que Tom nous mentait.

I knew Tom was lying to us.

Tu es resté planté alors que mon fils me mentait !

You stood there while my son lied to me!

— The Witch (2016)

Tout le monde savait que Tom mentait.

Everyone knew Tom was lying.

Mann mentait !

Mann was lying!

— Interstellar (2014)

Il est probable que Ziri mentait.

It is likely that Ziri was lying.

Tom mentait.

Tom was lying.

Sami mentait.

Sami was lying.

Il était clair qu'il mentait.

It was clear that he was lying.

La belette ne mentait pas.

The weasel wasn't lying.

— Zootopie (2016)

Et si on mentait ?

What if we lied?

— L'Excellente Aventure de Bill et Ted (1989)

Sami mentait à propos de sa taille.

Sami was lying about his height.

Mais il ne mentait pas.

But he wasn’t lying.

— Suzhou River (2000)

Ils ont conclu qu'il mentait.

They concluded that he was lying.

Tom pensait que Marie mentait.

Tom thought Mary was lying.

Tu savais que Tom me mentait ?

Did you know that Tom was lying to me?

Nous savons désormais que Tom mentait.

We now know that Tom was lying.

Il ne mentait pas.

He wasn't lying.

— The Mermaid (2016)