What is the translation of " TAIENT " in English?

• were
• was
• are
• is

Examples of using Taient in French and their translations into English

Nous savions qui ils taient.
We knew who they were.

Qui y taient encore soumis.
Which is still continuing.

Qui a dit que les hommes taient paresseux?
Who ever said men were lazy?

Taient en faveur de ce droit.
Is in favor of such right.

Ces personnes taient l avant vous.
Those people are way ahead of you.

Taient- elles portées à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur?
Was this shoe worn indoors or outdoors?

Ceux qui n'y à taient pas ont eu tort!
Those who were not there were wrong!

Taient d'exécuter une instruction après l'autre.
Which is execute one instruction after the other.

Des millions de personnes taient accroch s ce mur.
Millions of people were hanging on it.

Qui taient terre, cependant il nentra pas.
Which is that the Earth is not, and cannot be, flat.

Le vin et l'huile d'olive taient surtout exports.
The wine and olive-oil was mainly exported.

Ces graines taient galement utilis es comme encens.
The seeds were also used as incense.

Avons-nous mentionn que nos extraits taient 20% au mois de juin*?
Did we mention our extracts are 20% off in June*?

Ses cheveux taient tout enm l s et boueux.
Her hair was messed up and full of mud.

Des manifestants supposaient, que les tats- Unis taient aprs le ptrole irakien.
Some demonstrators thought, the US was after the oil.

Ces chaudrons taient remplis d'une boue bouillante.
The cauldrons were full of boiling mud.

Dans 3 autres cas, les informations obtenues nŐ taient pas fiables.
In three further cases, the information obtained was not reliable.

Les postures taient galement appel es passes magiques.
The postures were also called magical passes.

Je regardai autour de moi et vis que les spectateurs taient tr s attentifs.
I looked around and saw that the audience was very attentive.

Ses concerts taient un spectacle gr ce lui surtout.
His concerts were a show thanks to him especially.