je méritais

deserved

→ mériter

mérit to deserve + ais je/tu imperfect ending

verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #22,047

deserved Imparfait (past): “I/you/he/she/it deserved” depending on context.

FR: Tu méritais une seconde chance.

EN: You deserved a second chance.

Conjugation of mériter

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	méritais	—
Second	méritais	méritiez
Third	méritait	—

Tu as eu la carrière que tu méritais.

You had the career you deserved.

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Tu le méritais.

You deserved it.

Tu méritais mieux.

You deserved better.

Je méritais ça.

I deserved this.

C'était moi qui méritais ton attention.

I was the one who deserved your attention.

— Bullet Train (2022)

T'en as eu une, tu la méritais pas.

You got one, but you didn’t deserve it.

— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)

Je méritais mieux.

I deserved better.

Tu ne méritais rien de tout ça.

You didn't deserve any of this.

— La Femme de ménage (2025)

J'ai eu ce que je méritais.

I got what I deserved.

La vie que je méritais, c'était forcément ça, hein ?

So this was the life I deserved, huh?

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

Toi, tu n'as pas eu la carrière que tu méritais.

You didn’t have the career you deserved.

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Tu as eu ce que tu méritais.

You got what you deserved.

Pauvre Rosalia, tu ne méritais pas ça.

Poor Rosalia, you didn't deserve this.

— Divorce à l'italienne (1961)

Je ne méritais pas d'aller en prison.

I didn't deserve to go to prison.

Tu méritais la chaise.

You deserved the chair.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Je méritais pas ça.

I didn't deserve that.

— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)

Je le méritais.

I deserved it.