"were" meaning in Anglais

See were in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \wɚ\, \wə\, \ˈwɜː\, \ˈwɝ\, ˈwɝ, \wə\, wə, \wɚ\, wɚ, wɚ Audio: En-us-were.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-were.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-She animates-were.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-were.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-were.wav
Forms: to be [infinitive], am, ain't, are, aren’t, is, isn’t, was, wasn’t, weren’t, been [participle, past], being [participle, present]
  1. Prétérit du singulier de la deuxième personne ou du pluriel de be. Form of: be
    Sense id: fr-were-en-verb-VZ1MpB1b
  2. Subjonctif passé de be. Form of: be
    Sense id: fr-were-en-verb-8EUAoN6o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: was

Inflected forms

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          "translation": "Mes amis n’ont jamais été bons en français."
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          "text": "You were eating your dinner when my father came into the room.",
          "translation": "Tu mangeais ton dîner quand mon père entra dans la salle."
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          "text": "If you were here.",
          "translation": "Si vous étiez là."
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