my father was
Mio padre era un sarto, è morto in guerra.
My father was a tailor; he died in the war.
— Il labirinto del fauno (2006)
Mio padre era nella Marina.
My father was in the Navy.
Dieci anni fa, mio padre era a Monaco di Baviera.
Ten years ago, my father was in Munich.
— Il conformista (1971)
Uno dei motivi per cui sposò mio padre era il fatto che era così nero.
One of the reasons she married my father was because he was so black.
— Malcolm X (1992)
Mio padre era anche il capo del ramo Pratapgarh.
My father was also the head of the Pratapgarh branch.
— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)