This is the 10976th most frequent French word.
perdait
"Perdait" is the imperfect tense of "perdre," meaning "was losing" or "used to lose."
Usage in past habitual action, indicating repeated past occurrence.
Il perdait souvent ses clés avant de commencer à les attacher à un porte-clés.
He often lost his keys before he started attaching them to a keychain.
Usage in ongoing past action, indicating an emotional state.
Elle perdait patience avec ses collègues pendant les réunions difficiles.
She was losing patience with her colleagues during difficult meetings.
Usage in past progressive state, describing a situation that was happening at a specific moment in the past.