was coming, came, had just
Sami venait régulièrement.
Sami came regularly.
They knew we were coming.
La voix des enfants que vous entendiez au téléphone venait des vidéos.
The children’s voices you could hear on the phone were coming from the videos.
— Lady Vengeance (2005)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Third | venait | — |
Et Brad venait de sortir de prison.
And Brad had just been released from prison.
— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)
Le soleil venait de se coucher.
The sun had just set.
Je n'avais pas compris un mot de ce que John venait de dire.
I hadn't understood a single word of what John had just said.
On venait de les arrêter à la gare.
They had just been arrested at the station.
— Lust, Caution (2007)
Au matin, Bill se sentit très fatigué, alors qu'il venait juste de dormir.
In the morning, Bill felt very tired, even though he had just slept.
— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Elle venait de commencer à lire le livre quand quelqu'un frappa à la porte.
She had just started reading the book when someone knocked on the door.