il demandait

was asking, asked

→ demander
demand to ask (for), to request + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #17,595
was asking, asked Imperfect tense (ongoing/habitual action in the past).
FR: Il demandait toujours de l’aide quand il en avait besoin.
EN: He was always asking for help when he needed it.
Conjugation of demander
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First demandais
Second demandais demandiez
Third demandait

Il ne demandait pas tant.

He wasn't asking for that much.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

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)

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?

Elle le demandait.

She asked for it.

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)

Je croyais qu'on me demandait au téléphone.

I thought I was being asked for on the phone.

Un de mes amis se le demandait.

A friend of mine was wondering about that.

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 me demandait si j'étais capable d'écrire.

She was asking me if I was able to write.

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)

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

I would have done everything I was asked to do.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Elle demandait que ça, vous voyez le genre?

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

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

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

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

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

Elle lui a dit qu'elle demandait le divorce.

She told him that she was filing for divorce.

S'il lui demandait.

If he asked him/her.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

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 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.

J'ai fait ce qu'on me demandait.

I did what I was asked.

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)

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

I gave Tom everything he asked for.

Tout ce qu'il me demandait.

Everything he was asking me for.

— Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957)