il posait

was asking, asked, was posing

→ poser
pos to ask (a question) + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #24,711
was asking, asked
FR: Il posait souvent des questions en classe.
EN: He often asked questions in class.
was posing
FR: Elle posait devant le photographe.
EN: She was posing for the photographer.
Conjugation of poser
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First posais —
Second posais —
Third posait —

Karen restait à la maison et ne posait pas de questions.

Karen stayed home and didn't ask any questions.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Il posait aussi des millions de questions, comme un enfant.

He also asked millions of questions, like a child.

— PK (2014)

Est-ce que ça me posait un problème, m’a-t-elle demandé ?

Did that bother me, she asked?

Il me posait toujours plein de questions sur l'Allemagne.

He was always asking me lots of questions about Germany.

Jill ne posait pas vraiment la question.

Jill wasn’t really asking a question.

Elle posait pour des photos du genre "sang à la une".

She posed for photos in the "blood on the front page" style.

— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)

À part maman, personne ne me parlait ou ne me posait de questions.

Apart from Mom, no one talked to me or asked me any questions.

— Forrest Gump (1994)

Lui aussi se posait des questions sur le sens de la vie.

He too was asking himself questions about the meaning of life.

— Léviathan (2014)

Cela posait problème.

That was a problem.

On se posait des questions.

We were wondering.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Être ou ne pas être, la question se posait comme ça.

To be or not to be, that was the question.

— Le repentir (1987)

Car jamais il ne se posait.

Because he never rested.

— 2046 (2004)

À deux, la question de la façon de manipuler le filet ne se posait plus.

With two people, there was no longer any question of how to handle the net.

Jesse posait sur Bob un regard mélancolique.

Jesse looked at Bob with a melancholy look.

Il ne se posait jamais nulle part.

He never settled anywhere.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

On eût dit qu'il n'avait pas entendu la question qu'on lui posait.

It was as if he hadn’t heard the question he was being asked.

Elle posait devant le photographe avec assurance.

She posed confidently in front of the photographer.