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No. 12,295 in French

écrivait

"Écrivait" means "was writing" or "wrote" (imperfect tense of "écrire").

In a sentence

  • Il écrivait une lettre à son amie hier soir.

    He was writing a letter to his friend last night.

    In this sentence, 'écrivait' is the imperfect tense form of the verb 'écrire', used to describe an ongoing action or habitual action in the past.

  • Pendant que je lisais, elle écrivait dans son journal.

    While I was reading, she was writing in her journal.

    Here, 'écrivait' is again in the imperfect tense, indicating that the action of writing was happening simultaneously with another past action.

  • Quand il était jeune, il écrivait des poèmes.

    When he was younger, he used to write poems.

    In this example, 'écrivait' reflects a habitual action in the past, used to describe repeated or customary occurrences.

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