il travaillait

was working, worked

→ travailler
travaill to work + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Common #8,663
was working, worked Imperfect tense (imparfait): describes an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
FR: Quand j’étais enfant, mon père travaillait le soir.
EN: When I was a child, my father worked in the evenings.
Conjugation of travailler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First travaillais
Second travaillais
Third travaillait travaillaient

Yanni travaillait.

Yanni was working.

Georges travaillait de la même manière que son père.

Georges worked in the same way as his father.

Ils disent que son oncle travaillait pour eux.

They say his uncle worked for them.

Elle travaillait à la radio.

She worked in radio.

— Une journée particulière (1977)

Elle travaillait ici.

She worked here.

— Mulholland Drive (2001)

Mon équipe et moi, on travaillait dans la fosse.

My team and I were working in the pit.

Ma mère travaillait dans une maison de retraite.

My mother worked in a nursing home.

On travaillait vite.

We were working quickly.

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Mennad travaillait.

Mennad was working.

Sami travaillait dans la boutique de cadeaux du musée.

Sami worked in the museum gift shop.

Si on travaillait sur notre projet?

Shall we work on our project?

— La Vague (2008)

Elle travaillait dans la cuisine de ton grand-père.

She worked in your grandfather's kitchen.

On travaillait ensemble.

We worked together.

Un type de la Cité travaillait au labo.

A guy from the City worked in the lab.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Pendant qu'il travaillait à la banque, il enseignait l'économie à l'université.

While he was working at the bank, he taught economics at the university.

Tom travaillait.

Tom was working.

travaillait-il?

Where did he work?

Ziri travaillait.

Ziri was working.

Elle travaillait.

She was working.

Son père travaillait pour le chemin de fer.

His father worked for the railroad.

Elle a raté le dîner parce qu'elle travaillait encore.

She missed dinner because she was still working.

Je pensais qu'on travaillait ensemble.

I thought we were working together.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Elle travaillait pour moi.

She worked for me.

On travaillait à des choses plus grandes.

We were working on bigger things.

— Le Patient anglais (1996)

Sa mère était concierge là où mon père travaillait.

His mother was the caretaker where my father worked.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

Sami travaillait dans une crèche.

Sami worked in a nursery.

Elle travaillait du matin au soir.

She worked from morning to night.

On travaillait le texte.

We were working on the text.

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Il me faisait toujours marcher quand on travaillait ensemble.

He always made me walk when we worked together.

Mon père travaillait juste là.

My father worked right there.

— Une fiancée pas comme les autres (2007)

Sur quoi travaillait-il?

What was he working on?

Mon arrière-grand-père travaillait aux chemins de fer.

My great-grandfather worked on the railways.

Adriano travaillait chez Target.

Adriano worked at Target.

Tom ne travaillait pas hier.

Tom wasn't working yesterday.

John travaillait dans le marketing.

John worked in marketing.

Nous sommes venus ici lorsque notre père travaillait à l'étranger.

We came here when our father was working abroad.

Ma tante travaillait à la poste.

My aunt worked at the post office.

Elle travaillait à l'hôpital.

She worked at the hospital.

— Suzume (2022)

On travaillait.

We were working.

Sami travaillait tard hier soir.

Sami was working late last night.

Le hasard a voulu que je croise un autre gamin qui travaillait son swing doublé.

By chance, I happened to run into another kid who was practicing his double swing.

— Whiplash (2014)

Elle travaillait hier soir.

She was working last night.

On travaillait le texte!

We were working on the text!

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Mon père travaillait à l'école, je la connaissais.

My father worked at the school, so I knew it well.

— Article 15 (2019)

Elle était si belle, et elle travaillait si dur!

She was so beautiful, and she worked so hard!

— La strada (1954)

Elle travaillait dans cette banque.

She worked at that bank.

— L'Accusé (2017)