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tu arrivais

you were arriving

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phrase Rare #45,689
you were arriving The imperfect tense can also describe a habitual past action, meaning “you used to arrive.”
FR: Tu arrivais toujours avant tout le monde.
EN: You always used to arrive before everyone else.

Ta mère a appelé pour dire que tu arrivais.

Your mother called to say you were coming.

Je me suis toujours demandé à quelle heure tu arrivais, le matin.

I always wondered what time you arrived in the morning.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

À croire qu'elle savait que tu arrivais.

You’d think she knew you were coming.

— Bacurau (2019)