ensenyava

In a sentence

• Ell ensenyava matemàtiques a l'escola.

  He taught mathematics at the school.

  The word 'ensenyava' is used here in the past tense to indicate that 'he' was teaching mathematics in a school.

• Quan era petit, la meva àvia em ensenyava a cuinar.

  When I was little, my grandmother taught me how to cook.

  'ensenyava' is employed to show that my grandmother was teaching me how to cook in my childhood, indicating past continuous action.

• Durant el curs, ella ensenyava com fer projectes creatius.

  During the course, she taught how to make creative projects.

  Here, 'ensenyava' describes the act of teaching creative project-making across the duration of the course, in a habitual or continuous past frame.