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il roulait

was driving, was rolling

→ rouler
roul to roll + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #38,141
was driving, was rolling Imperfect form: can mean an ongoing action in the past (“was …-ing”) or a habitual past action (“used to …”).
FR: Hier soir, il roulait trop vite.
EN: Last night, he was driving too fast.
Conjugation of rouler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third roulait —

Cette voiture roulait très vite.

This car was going very fast.

Non, ça roulait bien.

No, traffic was moving smoothly.

Votre chauffeur roulait trop vite !

Your driver was driving too fast!

— PIKU (2015)

Ça roulait.

Things were going smoothly.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

La voiture de police roulait à une vitesse assez élevée.

The police car was driving at a fairly high speed.

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

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