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n'existait pas

didn't exist

→ ne
phrase Rare #37,932
didn't exist The imperfect tense of exister with ne...pas; used for something that did not exist or was not present in the past.
FR: À cette époque, Internet n'existait pas encore.
EN: At that time, the internet didn't exist yet.

Mais parce qu'il n'existait pas.

But because it didn't exist.

Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

Tu fais comme si ça n'existait pas.

You act as if it doesn’t exist.

— Le Miroir (1975)

Il n'existait pas jusqu'à ce que John mette son chapeau.

It didn’t exist until John put on his hat.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Si Dieu n'existait pas, nous devrions l'inventer.

If God did not exist, we would have to invent him.

Le problème, c'est que pour le monde, il n'existait pas.

The problem was that, as far as the world was concerned, he didn't exist.

— La Légende du pianiste sur l'océan (1998)