il mentait

was lying

→ mentir

ment to lie + ait he/she/it imperfect

verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #20,682

was lying

FR: Il mentait à ses parents.

EN: He was lying to his parents.

Conjugation of mentir

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
Second	—	mentiez
Third	mentait	—

Il ne mentait pas.

He wasn't lying.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Il était clair qu'il mentait.

It was clear that he was lying.

Il est probable que Ziri mentait.

It is likely that Ziri was lying.

Sami was lying.

Tu savais que Tom me mentait ?

Did you know that Tom was lying to me?

Tom pensait que Marie mentait.

Tom thought Mary was lying.

Ils ont conclu qu'il mentait.

They concluded that he was lying.

Je savais que Tom me mentait.

I knew Tom was lying to me.

Mann mentait !

Mann was lying!

— Interstellar (2014)

Il me mentait pas alors.

He wasn't lying to me then.

— Volver (2006)

Tu es resté planté alors que mon fils me mentait !

You stood there while my son lied to me!

— The Witch (2016)

Je savais que Tom nous mentait.

I knew Tom was lying to us.

Tout le monde savait que Tom mentait.

Everyone knew Tom was lying.

Nous savons désormais que Tom mentait.

We now know that Tom was lying.

Les tests ont prouvé qu'il ne mentait pas consciemment.

The tests proved that he wasn’t lying knowingly.

— Mirage (2018)

Sami mentait à propos de sa taille.

Sami was lying about his height.

Tom was lying.