This is the 2914th most frequent French word.
expliquait
"Expliquait" means "was explaining" or "explained" (imperfect tense of the verb "expliquer").
Here, 'expliquait' is used in the imparfait tense to describe an ongoing action in the past where Marie was engaged in explaining something.
Marie expliquait les règles du jeu à ses amis.
Marie was explaining the rules of the game to her friends.
The verb 'expliquait' signifies a continuous past action where the subject was actively sharing thoughts.
Il expliquait avec passion ses idées à l'audience.
He was passionately explaining his ideas to the audience.
'Expliquait' is utilized to set a background action in the past, coordinated with another simultaneous action ('prenait').