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il demandait

was asking, was asking for

→ demander
demand to ask, to request + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #16,687
was asking, was asking for
FR: Il me demandait souvent de l’aide.
EN: He often asked me for help.
Conjugation of demander
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First demandais —
Second demandais demandiez
Third demandait —

On leur demandait de pas nous la faire à l'envers.

We were asking them not to pull a fast one on us.

— Anaconda (2025)

Avant, il me demandait jamais mon avis.

He never used to ask me what I thought.

— The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

Je croyais qu'on me demandait au téléphone.

I thought I was being asked for on the phone.

Je n'avais pas d'autre choix que de faire ce qu'il demandait.

I had no choice but to do what he asked.

J'ai fait ce qu'on me demandait.

I did what I was asked.

J'ai finalement cédé et acheté le jeu que mon fils me demandait.

I finally gave in and bought the game my son had been asking me for.

S'il te demandait de sauter d'un pont, tu le ferais ?

If he asked you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

Il me demandait de faire les choses et je les faisais.

He would ask me to do things, and I would do them.

— The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

Mais ce gentleman ne demandait rien.

But this gentleman wasn’t asking for anything.

Tout ce qu'il me demandait.

Everything he was asking me for.

— Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957)

Elle leva les yeux, comme il le demandait, et le regarda.

She looked up, as he asked, and looked at him.

Nous ne donnerons pas à Tom l'argent qu'il demandait.

We won’t give Tom the money he was asking for.

Vous ne l'étiez plus l'année de sa mort, et il vous demandait des comptes.

You no longer were in the year of his death, and he demanded an accounting from you.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

Elle me demandait si j'étais capable d'écrire.

She was asking me if I was able to write.

Elle demandait que ça, vous voyez le genre ?

That's all she was asking for, you know what I mean?

S'il lui demandait.

If he asked him/her.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

Mais ils disaient que c'était ça qu'on me demandait.

But they said that was what I was being asked for.

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

Elle lui a dit qu'elle demandait le divorce.

She told him that she was filing for divorce.

Que feriez-vous si Tom vous demandait de le faire ?

What would you do if Tom asked you to do it?

Un de mes amis se le demandait.

A friend of mine was wondering about that.

Je fus tiré de mes rêves par une jeune fille qui me demandait quelque chose.

I was jolted awake from my dreams by a young girl asking me for something.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Il nous a regardé comme si on lui demandait ses deux reins.

He looked at us as if we were asking for his two kidneys.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Et si elle vous demandait pardon aujourd'hui ?

What if she apologized to you today?

— The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Il ne demandait pas tant.

He wasn't asking for that much.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

J'aurais fait tout ce qu'on me demandait de faire.

I would have done everything I was asked to do.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Elle le demandait.

She asked for it.

J'ai donné à Tom tout ce qu'il demandait.

I gave Tom everything he asked for.