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ils écoutaient

were listening, listened

→ écouter
écout listen (to) + aient they were ...ing (imperfect past)
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #44,666
were listening, listened
FR: Ils écoutaient de la musique dans leur chambre.
EN: They were listening to music in their room.
Conjugation of écouter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First écoutais —
Second écoutais écoutiez
Third écoutait écoutaient

Elles n'écoutaient pas de musique.

They weren't listening to music.

Vos doigts me parlaient, et je les écoutaient.

Your fingers spoke to me, and I listened to them.

— Black (2005)

Tous écoutaient avec attention.

Everyone listened attentively.

Ils ne m'écoutaient point.

They weren't listening to me at all.

— The Witch (2016)