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il roulait

was driving, was moving

→ rouler
roul to travel by vehicle + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,063
was driving, was moving Used for vehicles that were travelling; with a train, it can mean “was running.”
FR: La voiture roulait lentement.
EN: The car was moving slowly.
Conjugation of rouler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First roulais —
Second roulais —
Third roulait —

En raison de la neige, le train ne roulait pas.

Because of the snow, the train wasn’t running.

La voiture de police roulait à une vitesse assez élevée.

The police car was driving at a fairly high speed.

Votre chauffeur roulait trop vite !

Your driver was driving too fast!

— PIKU (2015)

Ça roulait mal, c'est ça ?

It wasn't going well, right?

— Police Story (1985)

Cette voiture roulait très vite.

This car was going very fast.

Ça roulait.

Things were going smoothly.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Si ça roulait mal, je ne serais pas encore là.

If things were going badly, I wouldn't still be here.

— Police Story (1985)