je recevais

received, was receiving

→ recevoir
recev receive + ais imperfect tense, je/tu
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #41,708
received, was receiving
FR: Je recevais souvent des lettres de ma grand-mère.
EN: I often received letters from my grandmother.
Conjugation of recevoir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First recevais
Second recevais
Third recevait

Quand j'étais petit, je recevais une fessée si je faisais quelque chose de mal.

When I was little, I would get a spanking if I did something wrong.

Okello, est-ce vrai que toi aussi tu recevais une paye d'Ursua?

Okello, is it true that you too were receiving a paycheck from Ursua?

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

Je recevais des coups de téléphone anonymes, une voix d'homme.

I was getting anonymous phone calls from a man’s voice.

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

Tu as dit que je recevais?

You said I was receiving it?

— Mademoiselle (2016)