preguntábamos

In a sentence

• Preguntábamos sobre los horarios del tren.

  We were asking about the train schedules.

  This sentence uses 'preguntábamos' to indicate a past continuous action of inquiring about train schedules.

• Nos preguntábamos si el clima iba a mejorar.

  We were wondering if the weather was going to improve.

  Here, 'preguntábamos' is used reflexively to express that we were pondering or questioning to ourselves.

• Siempre les preguntábamos sus nombres antes de comenzar.

  We always used to ask them their names before starting.

  In this example, 'preguntábamos' shows a habitual past action where we consistently asked for their names.