lui studiava

was studying, studied

→ studiare
studi study + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #33,049
was studying, studied The imperfect often describes an ongoing or habitual past action.
IT: Studiava italiano ogni sera.
EN: She studied Italian every evening.
Conjugation of studiare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First studiavo —
Third studiava —

Al MIT cosa studiava?

What did you study at MIT?

— L'organo genocida (2017)

L'ho incontrato mentre studiava.

I met him while he was studying.

Prima studiava ingegneria ma poi ha cambiato facoltà.

He used to study engineering but then changed his major.

Studiava Medicina e di notte lavorava come maschera in un teatro.

He studied medicine and worked at night as an usher in a theatre.

— La fiamma del peccato (1944)

Marie studiava.

Marie was studying.

Loris, quello che studiava cinese.

Loris, the one who was studying Chinese.

— The Monster (1994)

Yanni studiava l'Islam.

Yanni was studying Islam.

Sami studiava le farfalle.

Sami studied butterflies.