il y avait

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الفرنسية - التركية
vardın
الفرنسية - الإنجليزية
there were

Among the audience, there were students, teachers, clerks, and so on. - Parmi le public, il y avait des étudiants, des professeurs, des employés, etc.

There were white clouds sailing in the sky. - Il y avait des nuages blancs naviguant dans le ciel.

Simple past plural of there be
there existed, there lived