nous faisions

we were doing; we used to do

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phrase Rare #27,647

we were doing; we used to do Imperfect tense of faire, used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past. The meaning can change with the complement, such as “we were sailing” in “nous faisions de la voile.”

FR: Nous faisions souvent du vélo après le travail.

EN: We often used to cycle after work.

Nous faisions une course contre les nazis.

We were racing against the Nazis.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Beaucoup de gens n'aimaient pas ce que nous faisions.

Many people didn’t like what we were doing.

Il a vu que c'était ce que nous faisions.

He saw that it was what we were doing.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Nous faisions de la voile.

We were sailing.

Nous nous faisions du souci.

We were worried.

Nous faisions l'amour jusqu'à ce que nous étions fatigués.

We made love until we were tired.

Nous nous faisions tous du souci.

We were all worried.

Elle avait l'air de s'ennuyer pendant que nous faisions l'amour.

She looked bored while we were having sex.

Je vais vous dire ce que nous faisions.

I'll tell you what we were doing.

Certes, Mad Max n'avait pas à savoir tout ce que nous faisions ici.

Certainly, Mad Max didn't need to know everything we were doing here.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Dis-leur que nous faisions notre boulot.

Tell them we were doing our job.

— Léon (1994)

Nous faisions semblant d'être des rivaux.

We were pretending to be rivals.

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)