Sentence examples of "étais" in French with translation "be"

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Tu étais prédisposé à cuisiner. You were seen to cook.

Tu étais chez toi hier ? Were you at home yesterday?

Dis-moi où tu étais. Tell me where you've been.

Je pensais que tu étais mort. I thought you were dead.

Je sais avec qui tu étais. I know who you were with.

Tu étais en retard au travail. You were late for work.

Je n'y étais même pas. I wasn't even there.

Je pensais que tu étais mon ami. I thought you were my friend.

Je pensais que tu étais mon amie. I thought you were my friend.

"Si, j'y étais", répondit cet étudiant. "Yes, I was," said the student.

Est-ce que tu étais occupé hier ? Were you busy yesterday?

Tu étais en retard, n'est-ce pas ? You were late, weren't you?

J'ignorais que tu étais un tel branleur. I didn't know you were such a wanker.

Tu parles comme si tu étais le chef. You talk as if you were the boss.

J'ignorais que tu étais une telle branleuse. I didn't know you were such a wanker.

Si tu étais ma femme, je me pendrais. If you were my wife, I'd hang myself.

Cette lettre est arrivée pendant que tu étais sorti. This letter arrived while you were out.

Tu étais simplement au mauvais endroit, au mauvais moment. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Que dirais-tu si tu étais à ma place ? What would you say if you were in my place?

Je ne savais pas que tu étais aussi malade. I wasn't aware that you were so ill.

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