I was reading
-lisais
Past progressive I conjugation of read.

I was reading

She asked why I was reading it.
Elle me demanda pourquoi je le lisais.
I was reading her a story.
Je lui lisais une histoire.
Mrs. Anderson taught me to learn from what I was reading.
Mme Anderson m'a enseigné à apprendre de ce que je lisais.
George Orwell, I was reading the first in 1989.
George Orwell, je l'ai lu pour la première fois en 1989.
I was reading with interest the inscriptions on the banners.
Je lisais avec intérêt les inscriptions des banderoles.
I was reading this magazine, and it said that I...
Je lisais ce magazine, et il disait que je...
I was reading a letter when he entered.
Je lisais une lettre quand il est entré.
I was reading the book in the wrong place!
Je lisais le livre au mauvais endroit !
I was reading in Time, this study at Harvard.
J'ai lu dans Time une étude faite à Harvard.
Can you get the journal I was reading?
Tu peux prendre la revue que je lisais ?
I think I was reading "Deenie" at the time...
Je crois que je lisais "Deenie" au moment où...
You know what I was reading just now?
Vous savez ce que je suis en train de lire ?
I was reading a book the other day.
J'ai lu un livre l'autre jour.
I was reading this book for Max.
Je lisais ce livre pour Max.
I was reading a book the other day.
Je lisais un livre, l'autre jour.
I was reading an article from a newspaper the other day.
L'autre jour,j'ai lu un article dans le journal.
And I was reading between the lines.
Et moi je lisais entre les lignes.
That's where you'll find all the books I was reading.
C'est là que j'ai trouvé les bouquins que j'ai lus.
My magazine's gone, and I was reading a continued story.
J'ai perdu ma revue et je lisais un feuilleton.
My grandad's ill in England and I was reading his diary.
Mon grand-père est malade. Et j'ai lu son journal.
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