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j'espérais

was hoping

→ espérer
espér to hope + ais je/tu imperfect ending
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #25,433
was hoping Imperfect tense (je): used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
FR: J’espérais te voir ce week-end.
EN: I was hoping to see you this weekend.
Conjugation of espérer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First espérais —
Second espérais —
Third espérait —

Zut, moi qui espérais que je me faisais des idées.

Damn, I was hoping I was just imagining things.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Je n'espérais plus te revoir !

I had given up hope of seeing you again!

— Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade (1989)

C'est exactement comme je l'espérais.

It's exactly as I hoped.

À qui espérais-tu parler ?

Who were you hoping to talk to?

J'en espérais le double.

I was hoping for double that.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Je n'en espérais pas moins.

I expected nothing less.

C'est tel que je l'espérais.

It's just as I had hoped.

Qu'est-ce que t'espérais ?

What were you hoping for?

J'ai fait mieux que je n'espérais.

I did better than I expected.

Je l'espérais.

I hoped so.

Je n'espérais pas cela.

I wasn't expecting that.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

J’espérais vraiment que vous pourriez tous vivre la vie que vous vouliez.

I really hoped that you could all live the life you wanted.

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

T'espérais quoi ?

What were you hoping for?

Comme tu l'espérais ?

As you hoped?

— Zootopie (2016)