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nous sortions

were going out, were leaving, were coming out, were dating

→ sortir
sort to go out, to leave + ions we imperfect tense
verb · imperfect tense / present tense, 1st-person plural Rare #44,595
were going out
FR: Nous sortions dîner après le travail.
EN: We were going out to dinner after work.
were leaving, were coming out
FR: Nous sortions du bureau quand tu as appelé.
EN: We were leaving the office when you called.
were dating
FR: Nous sortions ensemble depuis quelques mois.
EN: We had been dating for a few months.
Conjugation of sortir
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First sorte sortions
Second sortes sortiez
Third sorte sortent
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First sortais sortions
Second sortais sortiez
Third sortait sortaient

D'où sortions-nous ?

Where were we coming from?

— Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989)

Tu n'as pas remarqué que nous sortions de la pièce ?

Didn't you notice that we were leaving the room?

Nous sortions ensemble depuis un an.

We had been dating for a year.

Quand Lord Li veut-il que nous sortions ?

When does Lord Li want us to go out?

— Ne Zha (2019)

Et si nous le sortions du caisson ?

What if we took it out of the box?

— Space Seed (1967)

Je pensais que nous sortions dîner.

I thought we were going out to dinner.