nous buvions

we were drinking

→ nous

phrase Rare #44,558

we were drinking Imperfect tense of boire for 'we'. Can also mean 'we used to drink' depending on context.

FR: Nous buvions du café quand tu es arrivé.

EN: We were drinking coffee when you arrived.

Et si nous buvions une bière ?

How about we have a beer?

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

While we were drinking tea, there was an earthquake.

Nous buvions de la bière.

We were drinking beer.

Nous buvions du thé, mangions des gâteaux.

We drank tea and ate cakes.

— La petite Véra (1988)