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il pleurait

was crying

→ pleurer
pleur to cry, to weep + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #13,937
was crying
FR: Le bébé pleurait dans son lit.
EN: The baby was crying in its bed.
Conjugation of pleurer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pleurais —
Second pleurais —
Third pleurait pleuraient

Il pleurait quand il était seul dans le bain.

He would cry when he was alone in the bath.

— Departures (2008)

Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il pleurait.

She asked him why he was crying.

Il ne pleurait jamais.

He never cried.

— Léon (1994)

Je lui ai demandé pourquoi il pleurait.

I asked him why he was crying.

La petite pleurait dans les bras de sa mère.

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

Tom ne sait pas pourquoi Mary pleurait.

Tom doesn't know why Mary was crying.

L'enfant pleurait.

The child was crying.

— Lady Vengeance (2005)

Le bébé pleurait.

The baby was crying.

Il était désespéré, il pleurait.

He was in despair; he was crying.

— Pinocchio (2019)

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

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

Il pleurait, il faisait peine à voir.

He was crying; it was painful to watch.

Un homme pleurait.

A man was crying.

— La vie est belle (1997)

Tom pleurait sur le chemin du retour à la maison.

Tom cried on the way home.

Mon copain pleurait.

My boyfriend was crying.

Pourquoi pleurait-elle ?

Why was she crying?

L'enfant pleurait après sa mère.

The child was crying for his mother.

Tom pleurait.

Tom was crying.

Une fille qui pleurait ?

A girl who was crying?

— Memories of Murder (2003)

Ma mère pleurait.

My mother was crying.

Maman pleurait.

Mom was crying.

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.

Il pleurait.

He was crying.

— The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Personne ne pleurait.

No one was crying.

Mais il pleurait.

But he was crying.

— Tesis (1996)

Pourtant, c’était elle qui pleurait.

And yet, she was the one crying.

La mère pleurait toujours la mort de son enfant.

The mother was still mourning the death of her child.

On riait, on pleurait.

We laughed, we cried.

— Picnic (1955)

L'enfant me dit pourquoi il pleurait.

The child tells me why he was crying.

Ma petite amie pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Ma copine pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Ma petite copine pleurait.

My girlfriend was crying.

Tom s'aperçut que Marie pleurait.

Tom realized that Marie was crying.

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.