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ils travaillaient

were working

→ travailler
travaill to work + aient imperfect tense, they
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #30,166
were working Imperfect tense (past), used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past.
FR: Ils travaillaient tard tous les soirs.
EN: They were working late every evening.
Conjugation of travailler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First travaillais —
Second travaillais —
Third travaillait travaillaient

Tom et Marie travaillaient dans une mine de charbon lorsqu'ils étaient enfants.

Tom and Marie worked in a coal mine when they were children.

Cinq frères travaillaient ensemble à la ferme.

Five brothers worked together on the farm.

Ils travaillaient comme des abeilles.

They worked like bees.

Thelma et Louise ne travaillaient pas seuls.

Thelma and Louise weren’t working alone.

— Léon (1994)

Elles travaillaient comme autant d'abeilles.

They worked like busy bees.

La plupart de ces hommes travaillaient à la mine.

Most of these men worked in the mine.

Shanu et Pooja travaillaient sur un chantier.

Shanu and Pooja were working on a construction site.

— Article 15 (2019)

Elles travaillaient comme des abeilles.

They worked like bees.

Ses parents travaillaient chez nous.

His parents worked for us.

— Caché (2005)

Bonnie et Clyde ne travaillaient pas seuls.

Bonnie and Clyde did not work alone.

— Léon (1994)