No. 11,494 in French
revenaient
"Revenaient" means "were coming back" or "were returning."
In a sentence
Les enfants revenaient à la maison après l'école.
The children were coming back home after school.
Here, "revenaient" is used in the imperfect tense to describe a repeated action in the past.
Pendant les vacances, les oiseaux migrateurs revenaient toujours au même arbre.
During the holidays, the migratory birds would always return to the same tree.
In this case, "revenaient" indicates a habitual action of returning year after year.
Chaque fois qu'ils avaient une question, ils revenaient vers le professeur.
Every time they had a question, they would come back to the teacher.
Here, "revenaient" reflects the repetitive actions of the students returning to the teacher.
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