realized, was visiting, was going
Qu'est-ce qui rendait Tom si triste ?
What was making Tom so sad?
Suellen se rendait dans les écoles.
Suellen used to go to schools.
Sami rendait visite à sa famille en Egypte.
Sami was visiting his family in Egypt.
Je me demandais pourquoi elle me rendait sa gamelle aussi propre.
I wondered why she was returning her bowl to me so clean.
— Salé, Sucré (1994)
Elle me rendait régulièrement visite.
She visited me regularly.