nous étions

Nous étions ensemble.

We were together.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Nous étions bonnes.

We were good.

Nous devrions agir comme si nous étions aussi contre les Britanniques.

We should act as if we were also against the British.

— Rise Roar Revolt (RRR) (2022)

Nous étions très proches à l'époque.

We were very close back then.

Comme nous étions drôles.

We were so funny.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Tu t'es jamais demandé pourquoi nous étions amis ?

Have you ever wondered why we were friends?

— Le Conformiste (1971)

Nous étions seuls au monde.

We were alone in the world.

— Le Miroir (1975)

Nous étions heureux.

We were happy.

Laissez-moi vous dire nous étions ensemble depuis trois ans.

Let me tell you, we had been together for three years.

— Hero (2002)

Je connaissais tout sur lui car nous étions dans le même foyer pour enfants.

I knew everything about him because we were in the same children's home.

— Akira (1988)

Nous étions confortablement assises.

We were sitting comfortably.

Nous étions épuisés après notre longue marche.

We were exhausted after our long walk.

Nous étions toujours ensemble.

We were always together.

Nous étions justement sur le point d'y aller.

We were just about to go there.

Nous étions destinés à nous rencontrer.

We were meant to meet.

Nous étions tous silencieux.

We were all silent.

Nous étions médiocres.

We were mediocre.

Nous étions en route pour l'école.

We were on our way to school.

Nous étions amis avant d'être amants.

We were friends before we became lovers.

Oui, avec notre grandiose coalition intacte, nous étions prêts.

Yes, with our grand coalition intact, we were ready.

Nous étions toutes les deux très fatiguées.

We were both very tired.

Nous étions presque morts gelés.

We were almost frozen to death.

Nous étions enfants, en ce temps-là.

We were children at that time.

Hier nous étions mercredi.

Yesterday was Wednesday.

Nous étions aussi liés qu'on puisse l'être.

We were as close as could be.

Nous étions très fatiguées.

We were very tired.

Nous étions seulement amis.

We were just friends.

Nous étions fous l'un de l'autre.

We were crazy about each other.

J'espérais que nous étions à Chambord, sous le Directoire.

I was hoping that we were at Chambord during the Directory.

— L'Arche russe (2002)

Je croyais que nous étions en guerre.

I thought we were at war.

Avec la rupture des communications nous étions très inquiets.

With the communications breakdown, we were very worried.

— Star Wars, épisode I - La Menace fantôme (1999)

Nous étions chez nous.

We were at home.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Non, nous étions au marché.

No, we were at the market.

— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)

Nous étions à deux doigts de conquérir le monde.

We were one step away from conquering the world.

— La Chute (2004)

Nous étions surpris que vous alliez voir un tel tocard.

We were surprised that you were going to see such a loser.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Comment saviez-vous que nous étions là ?

How did you know we were there?

Nous étions jaloux.

We were jealous.

Nous étions des ennemis.

We were enemies.

Si nous étions des bandits.

If we were bandits.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

Nous étions tous présents à la réunion.

We were all present at the meeting.

Nous étions là.

We were there.

Nous étions en fait assez chanceux.

We were actually quite lucky.

Enfin, si nous étions sûrs, tu n'en serais pas sûr.

After all, if we were certain, you wouldn’t be certain.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Xiaolou parle si souvent de vous, c'est comme si nous étions de vieux amis.

Xiaolou talks about you so often, it’s as if we were old friends.

— Adieu ma concubine (1993)

Nous étions absents à l'école car nous étions malades.

We were absent from school because we were sick.

Nous étions tout simplement très jeunes.

We were simply very young.

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

Nous étions perdus.

We were lost.

Nous étions en train de plaisanter.

We were joking.

Tu sais où nous étions ?

Do you know where we were?

— Huit et demi (1963)

Nous étions assis face aux cadres.

We were sitting opposite the executives.

Hier, nous étions au Grande Asie.

Yesterday, we were in Greater Asia.

— Lust, Caution (2007)

Nous étions trop optimistes.

We were too optimistic.

Je suppose que nous étions heureux.

I guess we were happy.

Nous étions quatre.

There were four of us.

Nous étions fatigués.

We were tired.

Nous étions censés protéger Tom.

We were supposed to protect Tom.

Que nous étions de vieux amis et que tu étais mon invité à la fête.

That we were old friends and that you were my guest at the party.

— Piège de cristal (1988)

Nous étions vraiment excitées.

We were really excited.

Je me rappelle avoir joué dans ce jardin avec Yoshiko quand nous étions enfants.

I remember playing in this garden with Yoshiko when we were children.

Nous étions si proches.

We were so close.

Nous étions inquiètes à votre sujet.

We were worried about you.

Nous étions dans le cours de Bennett sur Kierkegaard.

We were in Bennett's class on Kierkegaard.

— Le Tao de Steve (2000)

La semaine passée nous étions très occupés.

Last week we were very busy.

Nous étions tous les deux fiers de toi.

We were both proud of you.

Je veux revenir comme quand nous étions à l'école.

I want to go back to how things were when we were in school.

— Wicked : Partie II (2025)

Nous étions les meilleurs amis.

We were best friends.

Nous étions du même avis.

We were of the same opinion.

Lorsque nous étions jeunes.

When we were young.

— Control (2007)

Nous étions tout juste en train de partir lorsque Tom est arrivé.

We were just leaving when Tom arrived.

Nous étions en train de manger quand quelqu'un a frappé à la porte.

We were eating when someone knocked on the door.

Nous étions assez bruyants.

We were quite noisy.

Le dernier jour de l'année, nous étions épuisés.

On the last day of the year, we were exhausted.

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

Nous étions trempés mais très heureux.

We were soaked but very happy.

Je suppose que nous étions alors heureuses.

I guess we were happy then.

J'étais entiché de toi lorsque nous étions au lycée.

I had a crush on you when we were in high school.

Nous étions proches.

We were close.

Nous étions faits pour être ensemble.

We were meant to be together.

Lui et moi avons été bons amis depuis que nous étions enfants.

He and I have been good friends since we were children.

Nous étions bons.

We were good.

Quand cette échéance reste inconnue, c'est comme si nous étions immortels.

When this deadline remains unknown, it’s as if we were immortal.

— Solaris (1972)

Oui, nous étions ensemble.

Yes, we were together.

— Nuremberg (2025)

Nous étions très proches.

We were very close.

Nous étions si impatients de te revoir.

We were so eager to see you again.

— Devdas (2002)

Nous étions huit.

There were eight of us.

— Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989)

Nous étions d'accord pour tenter le coup.

We agreed to give it a try.

Franchement, nous étions perdus.

Frankly, we were lost.

— Le Sacrifice (1986)

Nous étions tous deux saouls.

We were both drunk.

Nous étions la plus grosse famille du pays.

We were the biggest family in the country.

— Manon des sources (1986)

C'est sûr que nous étions des anges au ciel.

We must have been angels in heaven.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Nous étions difficiles à repérer, jadis.

We used to be hard to spot.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Nous étions tous tellement heureux.

We were all so happy.

Nous étions occupées.

We were busy.

Nous étions en sous-nombre, il n'y avait rien que nous puissions faire.

We were outnumbered; there was nothing we could do.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

C'est à cause de vous que nous étions en retard.

It’s because of you that we were late.

Nous étions amis.

We were friends.

— Blow Out (1981)

Nous étions toutes un peu fatiguées.

We were all a little tired.

Nous étions pressés.

We were in a hurry.

Nous étions ennemies.

We were enemies.

Nous étions avec des filles.

We were with some girls.

— La petite Véra (1988)

Nous pouvions voir le lac Biwa d'où nous étions.

We could see Lake Biwa from where we were.

Nous étions très heureux.

We were very happy.

— Mon cœur est déjà pris (1999)

Nous étions seulement en train de jouer.

We were just playing.

Nous étions heureuses.

We were happy.

Nous étions complètement satisfaits de son travail.

We were completely satisfied with his work.

Nous étions à l'école ensemble.

We were at school together.

Nous étions sûrs du résultat.

We were sure of the result.

Nous avons déjeuné tôt tandis que nous étions à la galerie.

We had an early lunch while we were at the gallery.

Nous étions jeunes et stupides, à cette époque.

We were young and stupid back then.

Nous étions des passagers.

We were passengers.

Nous savions que nous étions meilleurs que ça.

We knew we were better than that.

À cette époque, nous étions plus jeunes.

At that time, we were younger.

Parlez-moi comme si nous étions des amis.

Talk to me as if we were friends.

— Huit et demi (1963)

Nous étions tous présents à son mariage.

We were all present at his wedding.

Nous avons chanté dans le chœur quand nous étions enfants.

We sang in the choir when we were children.

Nous étions mariées.

We were married.

Merci, nous étions très heureux de le faire.

Thank you, we were very happy to do it.

Nous étions en formation ensemble.

We were in training together.

— Les Nouveaux Sauvages (2014)

Nous étions absents.

We were absent.

Nous étions toutes alors tellement occupées.

We were all so busy then.

Nous étions peu à avoir survécu.

There were very few of us who had survived.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Nous étions encerclés d'ennemis.

We were surrounded by enemies.

— Le repentir (1987)

Mais nous étions les seuls à blâmer.

But we were the only ones to blame.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

Hier, nous étions mercredi et demain, nous serons vendredi.

Yesterday was Wednesday and tomorrow will be Friday.

Nous étions trop peu nombreux.

There were too few of us.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Deux ans plus tard, nous étions mariés.

Two years later, we were married.

Nous étions rois.

We were kings.

Nous étions fiers de notre force.

We were proud of our strength.

Nous étions chanceux.

We were lucky.

Nous étions à Boston.

We were in Boston.

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

We made love until we were tired.

Tom était plus petit que moi quand nous étions enfants.

Tom was shorter than me when we were kids.

Nous étions stupides.

We were stupid.

Nous étions inséparables.

We were inseparable.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Nous étions dans un énorme dilemme.

We were in a huge dilemma.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Reconnaîtrez-vous au moins que nous étions des hommes ?

Will you at least acknowledge that we were men?

— Nuremberg (2025)

Nous étions tous les deux heureux.

We were both happy.

Nous étions là depuis longtemps.

We had been there for a long time.

Nous étions déçues.

We were disappointed.

Nous étions absentes, ce jour-là.

We were absent that day.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

Comme je le disais, nous étions enchantés de percevoir cette beauté.

As I was saying, we were delighted to perceive this beauty.

— Le Sacrifice (1986)

Nous étions tout le temps dehors.

We were outside all the time.

N'est-ce pas ce que nous étions censés faire ?

Isn't that what we were supposed to do?

En raison de la forte pluie, nous étions trempés jusqu'aux os.

Because of the heavy rain, we were soaked to the bone.

Nous étions passagers.

We were passengers.

D'où pensais-tu que nous étions ?

Where did you think we were from?

Nous étions en train de manger, soudain, elle a disparu.

We were eating; suddenly, she disappeared.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Nous étions assis derrière vous.

We were sitting behind you.

Nous étions tristes.

We were sad.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Je suppose que nous étions alors heureux.

I guess we were happy then.

Nous étions préparés à cela.

We were prepared for this.

Nous avions cru que nous étions les derniers de notre espèce.

We had believed that we were the last of our kind.

— Arrietty, le petit monde des chapardeurs (2010)

Nous étions faits pour être ensemble !

We were meant to be together!

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Nous étions capables de manger des plats exotiques.

We were able to eat exotic dishes.

Quand nous étions chez mon oncle.

When we were at my uncle's house.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Il fût un temps où nous étions jeunes, n'est-ce pas Linda ?

There was a time when we were young, wasn't there, Linda?

Nous étions un peu fatiguées.

We were a little tired.

Nous étions si inquiets.

We were so worried.

Nous étions incapables de suivre sa logique.

We were unable to follow his logic.

Nous étions d'accord.

We agreed.

Dimanche nous étions sur la plage à faire du cerf-volant.

On Sunday we were on the beach flying kites.

Quoi qu'il en soit, nous étions tous les deux impliqués.

In any case, we were both involved.

— Masaan (2015)

Nous étions tous excités par le résultat de l'expérience.

We were all excited about the result of the experiment.

Nous étions les deux seuls Coréens.

We were the only two Koreans.

— Burning (2018)

Nous étions dix frères et soeurs.

There were ten of us siblings.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Lorsque nous étions au bord de la famine, ils nous ont sauvé la vie.

When we were on the verge of starvation, they saved our lives.

Je pense que nous étions d'accord sur ça.

I think we agreed on that.

Nous étions tous très inquiets.

We were all very worried.

— Le Garçon et le Héron (2023)

Nous ne nous sommes pas vus depuis que nous étions enfants.

We haven't seen each other since we were children.

Nous étions occupés.

We were busy.

Nous étions en train de danser.

We were dancing.

Nous étions amoureuses.

We were in love.

Nous étions toutes à l’école ensemble.

We were all at school together.

Nous étions pris par les préparatifs du mariage.

We were caught up in the wedding preparations.

— Mon cœur est déjà pris (1999)

L'après-midi suivant, nous étions au large de l'Irlande.

The following afternoon, we were off the coast of Ireland.

— Titanic (1997)

Nous étions ennemis.

We were enemies.

Comment savais-tu que nous étions là ?

How did you know we were there?

Nous étions blessées.

We were hurt.

En Afrique du Sud, nous étions peu nombreux.

In South Africa, there were few of us.

Nous étions très jeunes.

We were very young.

— Conclave (2024)

Nous étions seules.

We were alone.

Récemment encore nous étions de la science-fiction.

Until recently, we were in the realm of science fiction.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Nous étions heureux sur ma planète.

We were happy on my planet.

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

Nous étions confortablement assis.

We were sitting comfortably.

Hier encore nous étions là-bas.

Just yesterday, we were there.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Nous avons loué une voiture pour une semaine lorsque nous étions en Italie.

We rented a car for a week while we were in Italy.

Nous étions à la plage.

We were at the beach.

Ce bébé signifiait que nous étions plus que des esclaves.

This baby meant that we were more than slaves.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Nous étions terriblement fiers de toi.

We were incredibly proud of you.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Nous étions jeunes à l'époque.

We were young at the time.

Nous étions des soldats.

We were soldiers.