trouvais

In a sentence

• Quand j'étais enfant, je trouvais toujours des pièces de monnaie en marchant.

  When I was a child, I always found coins while walking.

  This illustrates 'trouvais' as the first-person singular of the verb 'trouver' in the imperfect tense, indicating a habitual past action.

• Tu disais que tu trouvais cet endroit intéressant.

  You said that you found this place interesting.

  Here 'trouvais' is used to express the opinion 'to find something interesting' in the imperfect tense, denoting a past state of thinking or perspective.

• Il m'avait confié qu'il se trouvait souvent seul dans sa maison.

  He had told me that he often found himself alone in his house.

  In this context, 'trouvais' is used reflexively as 'se trouvais' to mean 'find oneself' or 'to be located,' describing a situation in the imperfect tense.