che avevate fame

that you were hungry

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phrase Uncommon #15,624
that you were hungry Used to introduce reported speech or a dependent clause. Here, avevate is the imperfect of avere, addressing 'you all' or 'you' plural in context.
IT: Ho sentito che avevate fame.
EN: I heard that you were hungry.

Gli ho detto che avevate fame.

I told him you were hungry.

Le ho detto che avevate fame.

I told her you were hungry.

Le dissi che avevate fame.

I told her you were hungry.

Dissi loro che avevate fame.

I told them you were hungry.

Avete detto che avevate fame.

You said you were hungry.

Gli dissi che avevate fame.

I told him you were hungry.