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me semblait

seemed to me

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seemed to me Often used with “il” to mean “it seemed to me.”
FR: Il me semblait fatigué.
EN: He seemed tired to me.

J'ai fait ce qui me semblait être juste.

I did what I thought was right.

Ça me semblait comme ça.

That’s how it seemed to me.

— Dune : Première partie (2021)

Ce que Tom a dit me semblait étrange.

What Tom said seemed strange to me.

Il me semblait que c'était toi.

I thought it was you.

Le travail de pharmacien me semblait monotone, on ne voit pas beaucoup de gens.

Working as a pharmacist seemed monotonous to me; you don’t see many people.

— Syndromes and a century (2006)

Il me semblait t'avoir vu dans un film.

I thought I’d seen you in a movie.

— La Vie d'Adèle - Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)

Corriger le temps me semblait drôle.

Correcting the time seemed funny to me.

Ce qui me semblait clair il y a deux ans semble à présent hors de portée.

What seemed clear to me two years ago now seems out of reach.

— Star Trek : Sans limites (2016)

Il me semblait bien.

It seemed fine to me.

Quand j'étais petit, l'anglais me semblait impossible.

When I was little, English seemed impossible to me.

Faire l’idiote me semblait la meilleure réponse.

Acting like an idiot seemed like the best response.

Il me semblait bien que je t'avais vu.

I thought I saw you.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Il me semblait te connaître.

I thought I knew you.

Enfin, il me semblait.

Well, that's how it seemed to me.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

J'ai pas voulu tout regarder, ça me semblait indiscret.

I didn’t want to look at everything—it felt like snooping.

— Caché (2005)

Le Rower’s Folly me semblait un bon point de départ.

Rower’s Folly seemed like a good place to start.

Changer de sujet me semblait une bonne idée.

Changing the subject seemed like a good idea to me.

Il me semblait que j'avais des cigarettes.

I thought I had cigarettes.

C'est bien ce qui me semblait.

That's what I thought.

C'est ce qu'il me semblait.

That's what it seemed to me.

C'est ce qui me semblait.

That's what it seemed to me.

Ça ne me semblait pas être une solution pour démarrer.

It didn’t seem like a good way to get started.

J'ai fait ce qui me semblait juste.

I did what seemed right to me.

Il me semblait avoir toujours su que cela arriverait.

It seemed to me that I always knew this would happen.

Ça ne me semblait pas juste, tu sais.

It didn't seem right to me, you know.

— Running Man (2025)

Il me semblait bien que c'était toi.

I thought it was you.

L'anarchie me semblait intéressante, mais le prof est nul.

Anarchy seemed interesting to me, but the teacher is terrible.

— La Vague (2008)

Je vous le dis, même alors, me semblait urine.

I’m telling you, even then, it seemed like urine to me.

— Porn in the Hood (2012)

C'est bien ce qu'il me semblait.

That's what it seemed to me.