j’allais

I was going to

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I was going to Often followed by an infinitive to describe something you intended or expected to do.
FR: J’allais t’appeler quand tu es arrivé.
EN: I was going to call you when you arrived.

Je laissai Keith régler l’allure ; je réfléchissais à ce que j’allais dire.

I let Keith set the pace; I was thinking about what I was going to say.

Je savais que j’allais te trouver ici.

I knew I would find you here.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

Pendant ce voyage, j’allais enfin rencontrer le photographe et l'aventurier.

During this trip, I was finally going to meet the photographer and the adventurer.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Pour lui dire que j’allais me marier.

To tell him that I was going to get married.

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

J’allais apprendre des choses utiles.

I was going to learn useful things.

Il ne m’était pas venu à l’idée que j’allais devenir capitaine.

It had never occurred to me that I was going to become captain.

Il a deviné quelle technique j’allais utiliser.

He guessed which technique I was going to use.

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

Mon ami Ypô m’a fait jurer que j’allais lui donner.

My friend Ypô made me swear that I would give it to him.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Il y avait un peu de chemin, mais je savais où j’allais dîner.

It was a bit of a walk, but I knew where I was going to have dinner.

J’allais devoir affronter le chien enragé dans son repaire.

I was going to have to face the rabid dog in its lair.

Je savais ce que j’allais rapporter.

I knew what I was going to report.

Je payais pour aller à l’école, et j’allais en tirer tout ce que je pouvais.

I was paying to go to school, and I was going to get everything I could out of it.

Bon, pensai-je, j’allais avoir beaucoup de nettoyage à faire.

Well, I thought, I was going to have a lot of cleaning to do.

Il semblait que j’allais devoir rester quelque temps à l’auberge.

It looked like I was going to have to stay at the inn for a while.

Je savais pas combien de temps j’allais durer.

I didn’t know how long I’d last.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)