Usage examples of "devais" in French with translation to English

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Je devais finir le travail hier. I was to have finished the work yesterday.

Je devais avoir fini le travail hier. I was to have finished the work yesterday.

Il me dit que je devais parler plus lentement. He told me to speak more slowly.

Si je devais tout recommencer, je ne changerais rien. If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing.

Si je devais aller à l'étranger, je choisirais la France. If I were to go abroad, I would go to France.

J'ai demandé à ma mère ce que je devais apporter là-bas. I asked my mother what to bring there.

J'étais occupé à faire mes bagages parce que je devais aller en France deux jours plus tard. I was busy packing, because I was leaving for France in two days.

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