they were preferring
-préféraient
Past progressive they conjugation of prefer.
Poul Nerloud is an archaeologist from Denmark and he believes that these castles are older than Vikings, because they did not make such designs and they were preferring castles near the sea and not in the land.
Poul Nerloud est un archéologue du Danemark et il croit que ces châteaux sont plus anciens que Vikings, parce qu'ils n'ont pas fait de telles conceptions et ils préféraient des châteaux près de la mer et pas dans la terre.
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