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

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J'ignorais que tu avais une sœur. I didn't know you had a sister.
Tu avais bon après tout. You were right after all.
J'en avais ras-le-bol du bruit incessant de la circulation. I got sick of the constant noise of the street traffic.
J'ignorais que tu avais un chat. I didn't know you had a cat.
C'était toi qui avais tort. It was you that were wrong.
Nous avons eu cette chaise pour rien car la dame d'à côté n'en avais plus besoin. We got this chair for nothing because the lady next door didn't need it any more.
J'ignorais que tu avais une nana. I didn't know you had a girlfriend.
Tu avais fumé, n'est-ce pas ? You had been smoking, hadn't you?
J'ignorais que tu avais un jules. I didn't know you had a boyfriend.
Il m'a dit que tu avais raison. He told me that you were right.
Mais j'y avais un autre avantage. But I had another advantage in it.
J'en avais marre de faire mes devoirs. I was tired from doing my homework.
J'ignorais que tu avais un petit ami. I didn't know you had a boyfriend.
J'ai entendu que tu avais été malade. I've heard you've been sick.
J'ignorais que tu avais une petite copine. I didn't know you had a girlfriend.
À quoi ressemblais-tu quand tu avais quinze ans ? What were you like when you were fifteen?
J'ignorais que tu avais un petit copain. I didn't know you had a boyfriend.
Je lui avais dit de ne pas être en retard. I told him not to be late.
J'ignorais que tu avais une petite amie. I didn't know you had a girlfriend.
Tu pouvais compter jusqu'à dix lorsque tu avais deux ans. You could count to ten when you were two years old.
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