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j'offrais

was offering, offered

→ offrir
offr to offer, to give + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #48,931
was offering, offered The imperfect form of « offrir »; it can also mean “was giving” or “gave” when referring to a gift.
FR: Je lui offrais un café.
EN: I was offering him a coffee.
Conjugation of offrir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First offrais —
Second offrais —
Third offrait —

Ça pourrait sembler comme si tu t'offrais un cadeau.

It might seem as though you were giving yourself a gift.

Et si je vous en offrais six shillings ?

What if I offered you six shillings?

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)

Tu sais ce que ferait ma mère si je lui offrais un coquillage ?

Do you know what my mother would do if I gave her a seashell?

— À bout de course (1988)

À chaque fois qu'ils faisaient une offre, j'offrais plus.

Every time they made an offer, I offered more.

— The Mermaid (2016)