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il pleurait

was crying

→ pleurer
pleur to cry + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #12,914
was crying Imperfect tense (past), describing an ongoing or habitual action.
FR: Quand il a vu le film, il pleurait.
EN: When he saw the movie, he was crying.
Conjugation of pleurer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third pleurait pleuraient

On riait, on pleurait.

We laughed, we cried.

— Picnic (1955)

Je lui ai demandé pourquoi il pleurait.

I asked him why he was crying.

L'enfant me dit pourquoi il pleurait.

The child tells me why he was crying.

Pourquoi pleurait-elle ?

Why was she crying?

Elle lui demanda pourquoi il pleurait, mais il ne répondit pas.

She asked him why he was crying, but he didn’t answer.

Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il pleurait, mais il n'a pas répondu.

She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.

L'enfant pleurait après sa mère.

The child was crying for his mother.

Il était désespéré, il pleurait.

He was in despair; he was crying.

— Pinocchio (2019)

Da-song pleurait, il ne voulait pas rentrer.

Da-song was crying, he didn't want to go home.

— Parasite (2019)

Tom pouvait voir que Mary pleurait.

Tom could see that Mary was crying.

Ma mère pleurait.

My mother was crying.

Ma petite amie pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Mon copain pleurait.

My boyfriend was crying.

Un homme pleurait.

A man was crying.

— La vie est belle (1997)

Il pleurait quand il était seul dans le bain.

He would cry when he was alone in the bath.

— Departures (2008)

Ma copine pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Tom pleurait sur le chemin du retour à la maison.

Tom cried on the way home.

Une fille qui pleurait ?

A girl who was crying?

— Memories of Murder (2003)

Maman pleurait.

Mom was crying.

Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il pleurait.

She asked him why he was crying.

L'enfant pleurait.

The child was crying.

— Lady Vengeance (2005)

La mère pleurait toujours la mort de son enfant.

The mother was still mourning the death of her child.

Personne ne pleurait.

No one was crying.

Tom s'aperçut que Marie pleurait.

Tom realized that Marie was crying.

Il pleurait.

He was crying.

— Tesis (1996)

Ma petite copine pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Tom pleurait.

Tom was crying.

Le bébé pleurait.

The baby was crying.

Tom ne sait pas pourquoi Mary pleurait.

Tom doesn't know why Mary was crying.

La petite pleurait dans les bras de sa mère.

The little girl was crying in her mother's arms.

Il ne pleurait jamais.

He never cried.

— Léon (1994)