agafaven

In a sentence

• Els estudiants agafaven l'autobús cada matí per anar a l'escola.

  The students were taking the bus every morning to go to school.

  Here, 'agafaven' is used to describe a habitual action in the past, specifically how the students regularly took the bus to school.

• Quan plovia, les persones agafaven el paraigua per protegir-se.

  When it rained, people grabbed their umbrellas to protect themselves.

  In this sentence, 'agafaven' implies a repetitive or common action in response to a condition, demonstrating the use of the Catalan past imperfect tense.

• Els nens agafaven les joguines i jugaven al parc.

  The children grabbed the toys and played in the park.

  The verb 'agafaven' here means 'grabbed' or 'took hold of,' emphasizing the children's action of taking the toys before playing, showing its use in a descriptive past context.