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il tuait

was killing

→ tuer
tu kill + ait 3rd-person singular imperfect or conditional
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #44,880
was killing Imperfect tense (he/she/it was killing).
FR: Pendant la guerre, il tuait des gens sans hésiter.
EN: During the war, he was killing people without hesitating.
Conjugation of tuer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third tuait —

J'ai vu comment on tuait les cochons et j'ai fait la même chose.

I saw how pigs were killed and did the same thing.

— The Chaser (2008)

Il tuait au couteau, à bout portant.

He killed with a knife, at point-blank range.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Tu as dit avoir tué tes parents par peur du rêve où on te tuait.

You said you killed your parents out of fear of a dream where you were killed.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

Mais il devenait fou et nous tuait tout les deux.

But he went crazy and killed us both.

— Huit et demi (1963)