No. 2,280 in French
jouait
"Jouait" means "was playing" or "played" (imperfect tense of "jouer").
In a sentence
Il jouait du piano chaque soir.
He played the piano every night.
In this sentence, 'jouait' is used in the imperfect tense to describe a habitual action in the past.
Quand je suis arrivé, il jouait dans la cour.
When I arrived, he was playing in the yard.
Here, 'jouait' is used to indicate an ongoing action in the past that was happening when another event (arrival) occurred.
Enfant, elle jouait souvent à cache-cache avec ses amis.
As a child, she often played hide and seek with her friends.
The word 'jouait' in this context is used in the past imperfect tense to describe a repeated or habitual action from childhood.
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