No. 10,934 in French
passaient
"Passaient" means "were passing" or "passed" (imperfect tense of "passer").
In a sentence
Les enfants passaient leurs vacances chez leurs grands-parents.
The children spent their holidays at their grandparents'.
The verb 'passaient' is used to describe an action occurring over an extended period in the past.
Nous passaient souvent devant cette vieille boulangerie.
We often passed in front of that old bakery.
Here, 'passaient' is used to describe a repeated action or event in the past.
Ils passaient beaucoup de temps à lire dans le parc.
They used to spend a lot of time reading in the park.
'Passaient' portrays the idea of leisure or consumption of time in a habitual or repeated manner during a past era.
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