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nous vivions

we lived

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phrase Rare #40,672
we lived Imperfect tense of vivre. Often means an ongoing or repeated past action: “we were living” / “we used to live.”
FR: Quand nous vivions à Paris, nous allions souvent au musée.
EN: When we were living in Paris, we often went to the museum.

Nous vivions près de la mer.

We lived near the sea.

Nous vivions tous dans le même quartier.

We all lived in the same neighborhood.

Au début, nous vivions dans des grottes, très profondes, au centre de la Terre.

At first, we lived in very deep caves at the center of the Earth.

— Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Nous vivions ici depuis dix ans quand la guerre éclata.

We had been living here for ten years when the war broke out.

J'aurai souhaité que nous vivions comme ça.

I would have wished for us to live like this.

— La petite Véra (1988)