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

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Tu avais bon après tout. You were right after all.
C'était toi qui avais tort. It was you that were wrong.
Tu avais fumé, n'est-ce pas ? You had been smoking, hadn't you?
Il m'a dit que tu avais raison. He told me that you were right.
J'ai entendu que tu avais été malade. I've heard you've been sick.
J'en avais marre de faire mes devoirs. I was tired from doing my homework.
À quoi ressemblais-tu quand tu avais quinze ans ? What were you like when you were fifteen?
Je lui avais dit de ne pas être en retard. I told him not to be late.
Tu pouvais compter jusqu'à dix, quand tu avais deux ans. You could count to ten when you were two years old.
Tu pouvais compter jusqu'à dix lorsque tu avais deux ans. You could count to ten when you were two years old.
Si tu avais été un peu plus patient, tu aurais pu réussir. If you had been a little more patient, you could have succeeded.
Si tu avais traîné par là, tu aurais rencontré la fille que je voyais. If you had stuck around, you'd have met the girl I've been seeing.
Si tu avais suivi mon conseil, tu ne serais pas dans un tel pétrin, maintenant. If you had followed my advice, you wouldn't be in such a fix now.
Je ne vais pas te parler jusqu'à ce que tu admettes que tu avais tort. Until you admit that you were wrong, I'm not going to talk to you.
Si tu avais pris conseil auprès de moi, tu ne te trouverais pas dans de tels ennuis. If you had taken my advice, you wouldn't be in such trouble.
Nous ne serions pas dans cette merde si tu avais fait précisément ce que je t'avais dit. We wouldn't be in this mess if you'd just done what I told you.
Tu as été mon ami. You were my friend.
Tu as presque deviné juste. Your guess is almost right.
Tu as été mon amie. You were my friend.
Il y aura un problème. There'll be a problem.
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