L'aviez (en. You had it)

/la.vjez/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Conjugated form of the verb avoir in the second person plural in the imperfect tense.

You had already seen it before.

Vous l'aviez déjà vu auparavant.

Used to express an action that had taken place in the past, concerning multiple people.

They thought that you had forgotten it.

Ils pensaient que vous l'aviez oublié.

Indicates a relation or possession in the past.

You had it in your possession last week.

Vous l'aviez en votre possession la semaine dernière.

Contracted form of 'vous aviez', derived from the verb 'avoir'.

you had said it

you had expressed that earlier

vous l'aviez dit

if you had known it

if you had had the information

si vous l'aviez su

as you had anticipated

in accordance with what you had anticipated

comme vous l'aviez prévu

have

verb meaning to possess or have

avoir

have (second person plural present)

second person plural in the present indicative of 'avoir'

avez

had (third person singular imperfect)

third person singular in the imperfect of 'avoir'

avait

A colloquial expression to refer to something one learned late.

It's as if I had always known it, but I had never heard it.

C'est comme si je l'avais toujours su, mais je l'aviez jamais entendu.