French Grammar – They were eight years old in that moment 🇫🇷

avaient

Avoir-Imperfect
j’ avais
tu avais
il avait
nous avions
vous aviez
ils avaient

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Elles ____ huit ans à l’époque

“Avaient” is the correct form of the verb “avoir” (to have) for the subject pronoun “Elles” (They) in the past tense. In French, the verb “avoir” is used to express the age of someone, so when describing someone’s age in the past, we use the verb “avoir” in the appropriate form.

In this sentence, “Elles” refers to a group of females, and “avaient” is the third-person plural form of the verb “avoir” in the imparfait (imperfect) tense. The imparfait is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past.

So, “Elles avaient huit ans à l’époque” means “They were eight years old in that moment/at that time.” It indicates that at a specific point in the past, a group of females were eight years old.

It’s important to note that in French, the verb “avoir” is typically used to express one’s age instead of saying “I am ___ years old” as it is commonly done in English.

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