No. 11,603 in French
réservaient
"Réservaient" means "reserved" or "were reserving" (imperfect tense of "réserver").
In a sentence
Ils réservaient une chambre d'hôtel chaque année pour leurs vacances.
They used to book a hotel room every year for their vacations.
Here, 'réservaient' indicates a repeated past action, showing habitual behavior.
Pendant que nous réservaient des places, ils arrivaient à la gare.
While we were booking seats, they arrived at the station.
In this sentence, 'réservaient' denotes an ongoing past action, forming part of a background action while another event occurred.
Les habitants réservaient une partie de leurs récoltes pour les échanger au marché.
The locals used to reserve a part of their harvests to trade at the market.
Here, 'réservaient' describes a past habit or tradition, involving allocation or saving of resources.
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