No. 7,913 in Catalan
conduïa
"Conduïa" means "was driving" or "was leading" in English.
In a sentence
Ell conduïa el cotxe quan va començar a ploure.
He was driving the car when it started to rain.
In this sentence, 'conduïa' is used as the imperfect form of the verb 'conduir', indicating a continuous action in the past.
Cada estiu, conduïa una motocicleta pel poble.
Every summer, he would drive a motorcycle through the village.
Here, 'conduïa' expresses a habitual action in the past performed during summers, using the imperfect tense.
No sabíem que conduïa un camió per treballar.
We did not know that he drove a truck for work.
In this instance, 'conduïa' is used in the imperfect tense to describe a regular action that took place in the past without focusing on completion.
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