que faisiez-vous

what were you doing

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what were you doing Formal or plural form of “what were you doing?” in the past. Used to ask about an action or situation in progress.
FR: Que faisiez-vous quand je vous ai appelé ?
EN: What were you doing when I called you?

Que faisiez-vous dans ces montagnes?

What were you doing in those mountains?

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Que faisiez-vous là-haut?

What were you doing up there?

Que faisiez-vous avant?

What did you do before?

Que faisiez-vous ici?

What were you doing here?

Que faisiez-vous?

What were you doing?

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

Et que faisiez-vous pendant qu'il peignait son arbre?

And what were you doing while he was painting his tree?

— Rebecca (1940)

Que faisiez-vous dans la cour l'autre jour?

What were you doing in the courtyard the other day?

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Mais que faisiez-vous exactement?

But what exactly were you doing?

— PK (2014)

Que faisiez-vous tous les deux?

What were you both doing?

Que faisiez-vous dans cet hôtel?

What were you doing in that hotel?

— L'Accusé (2017)

Que faisiez-vous ?

What were you doing there?

Que faisiez-vous cet après-midi?

What were you doing this afternoon?

Que faisiez-vous la nuit dernière?

What were you doing last night?

Et que faisiez-vous précisément?

And what exactly were you doing?

Que faisiez-vous avant ceci?

What were you doing before this?

Que faisiez-vous dans sa chambre?

What were you doing in his room?

Que faisiez-vous à Los Alamos?

What were you doing at Los Alamos?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Que faisiez-vous dans cette caverne?

What were you doing in that cave?

Que faisiez-vous quand elle est arrivée?

What were you doing when she arrived?

Que faisiez-vous dans ce bâtiment?

What were you doing in that building?

Que faisiez-vous là-bas?

What were you doing there?

Et que faisiez-vous sur la grande route de l'Est?

And what were you doing on the Great Eastern Road?

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Que faisiez-vous avant la guerre?

What did you do before the war?

Que faisiez-vous ensemble?

What were you doing together?

Que faisiez-vous à l'hôpital?

What were you doing at the hospital?

Que faisiez-vous dans la chambre de Delia?

What were you doing in Delia's room?

Que faisiez-vous sur le lac?

What were you doing on the lake?