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nous allions

were going to, were going

a . l j ɔ̃ → aller
all go + ions nous form (imperfect / present subjunctive)
auxiliary · first plural · imperfect indicative Rare #40,730
were going to
FR: Nous allions partir quand il a téléphoné.
EN: We were going to leave when he called.
Conjugation of aller
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First allais allions
Second allais alliez
Third allait allaient
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — allions
Second — alliez

La comtesse et moi allions nous promener.

The countess and I were going for a walk.

— Titanic (1997)

Je pensais que nous n'allions pas y aller.

I thought we weren’t going to go there.

Que Amos et moi allions avoir un enfant.

That Amos and I were going to have a child.

— Chicago (2002)

Qu'allions-nous faire au Paradis ?

What were we going to do in Paradise?

— Ne Zha (2019)

Je pensais que nous n'allions pas nous y rendre.

I thought we weren’t going to go there.

verb · first plural · imperfect indicative Rare #44,142
were going Imperfect tense (nous). Often used for ongoing actions in the past.
FR: Quand nous étions enfants, nous allions souvent au parc.
EN: When we were children, we often went to the park.
Conjugation of aller
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First allais allions
Second allais alliez
Third allait allaient
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First aille allions
Second — alliez
Third aille aillent

Nous n'allions jamais nulle part quand j'étais enfant.

We never went anywhere when I was a child.

Tom ne veut pas que nous y allions.

Tom doesn't want us to go there.

Il est vraiment temps que nous y allions.

It's really time we went.

Luca et moi y allions souvent.

Luca and I used to go there often.

— Le Conformiste (1971)

Sounds similar to

avion a . v j ɔ̃ avions a . v j ɔ̃ alliez a . l j e