ils mouraient

died, were dying

→ mourir

mour die + aient they imperfect tense

verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #42,569

died, were dying

FR: Sans soins, beaucoup de patients mouraient.

EN: Without care, many patients were dying.

Conjugation of mourir

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
Second	—	mouriez
Third	mourait	mouraient

Elles mouraient.

They were dying.

Mais les Français mouraient plutôt que de parler.

But the French died rather than speak.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

They were dying.

Mes semblables mouraient de faim.

My fellow men were dying of hunger.

— Le Garçon et le Héron (2023)

Beaucoup d'officiels mouraient de faim.

Many officials were starving.

Dans les maisons où elle entrait, les enfants mouraient.

In the houses she entered, the children died.

— Night Watch (2004)