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nous buvions

we were drinking

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phrase Rare #46,738
we were drinking The imperfect tense describes an ongoing or habitual action in the past. In a suggestion, it can mean “how about we have a drink?”
FR: Nous buvions du café quand tu as appelé.
EN: We were drinking coffee when you called.

Et si nous buvions une bière ?

How about we have a beer?

Nous buvions de la bière.

We were drinking beer.

Pendant que nous buvions le thé, il y a eu un tremblement de terre.

While we were drinking tea, there was an earthquake.

C'est bien le moins que nous buvions à notre rencontre à bord du Rangoon !

It’s the least we could do to have a drink to celebrate our meeting aboard the Rangoon!

Nous buvions du thé, mangions des gâteaux.

We drank tea and ate cakes.

— La petite Véra (1988)