was happening
Leur travail se passait bien, mais il y a une grève.
Their work was going well, but there is a strike.
— Article 15 (2019)
Que se passait-il ?
What was happening?
Enfin, il était là pendant que ça se passait.
Finally, he was there while it was happening.
— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)
J'aurais dû savoir qu'il se passait quelque chose.
I should have known that something was going on.
Je me suis imaginé qu'il se passait quelque chose.
I imagined that something was happening.
This happened every summer.
Tout le monde sauf moi savait ce qu'il se passait.
Everyone except me knew what was going on.
Everything was going so well.