No. 33 in French
était
"Was" (imperfect tense of "être" - to be).
In a sentence
Le temps était magnifique hier.
The weather was wonderful yesterday.
Here, 'était' is used as the imparfait tense conjugation of the verb 'être' (to be) to describe the state of the weather in the past.
Je pensais qu'il était déjà parti.
I thought he had already left.
In this example, 'était' denotes a continuous state in the past, being part of indirect speech.
Elle disait que c'était son rêve.
She said it was her dream.
'Était' here represents the past tense to describe a state or situation in reported speech.
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