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je réveillais

was waking up, used to wake up, was waking, used to wake

→ réveiller
réveill to wake (someone) up + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #48,825
was waking up, used to wake up In the reflexive form se réveiller, it means “to wake up.”
FR: Je me réveillais tôt chaque matin.
EN: I used to wake up early every morning.
was waking, used to wake Without the reflexive pronoun, réveiller means to wake someone else.
FR: Je réveillais mon frère avant l’école.
EN: I used to wake my brother before school.
Conjugation of réveiller
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First réveillais —
Second réveillais —
Third réveillait —

Ben, je me réveillais.

Well, I was waking up.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Je me réveillais à cinq heures du matin.

I woke up at five in the morning.

Je la réveillais au milieu de la nuit pour lui demander si elle avait soif.

I would wake her up in the middle of the night to ask if she was thirsty.

— Black (2005)

Tu serais triste si tu te réveillais sans aucune famille.

You would be sad if you woke up without any family.

— Maman, j'ai raté l'avion ! (1990)