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je parlais

was talking, talked, was speaking, spoke

p a ʁ . l ɛ → parler
parl speak; talk + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #11,593
was talking, talked, was speaking, spoke Imperfect form used with « je » or « tu ».
FR: Je te parlais de mon voyage.
EN: I was telling you about my trip.
Conjugation of parler
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First parlais parlions
Second parlais parliez
Third parlait parlaient

Je croyais que tu ne me parlais pas.

I thought you weren't talking to me.

Je lui parlais, à la fille.

I was talking to the girl.

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Je ne vous parlais pas.

I wasn't talking to you.

Je lui parlais gentiment pour ne pas l'effrayer.

I was speaking to him gently so as not to frighten him.

Je vous parlais.

I was talking to you.

Je ne parlais pas du tout russe avant.

I didn't speak any Russian at all before.

— L'Arche russe (2002)

Je ne parlais pas de la libération, il était déployé dans le Pacifique Sud.

I wasn't talking about the liberation, he was deployed in the South Pacific.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Je te parlais.

I was talking to you.

Et si je lui parlais ?

What if I talked to him?

— Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)

Voilà le Pont de Londres dont je te parlais.

There is the London Bridge I was telling you about.

— The World (2004)

Tu me parlais ?

Were you talking to me?

Plus j'en parlais, plus l'obscurité revenait.

The more I talked about it, the more the darkness returned.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Tu me parlais de ton amant disparu.

You were telling me about your missing lover.

— 2046 (2004)

Tu nous parlais toujours de ton grand bouquin.

You were always telling us about your big book.

— The Magnificent One (1973)

À qui parlais-tu ?

Who were you talking to?

— Our Times (2015)

Charlotte, c'est une blague, tu me parlais ?

Charlotte, are you kidding? Were you talking to me?

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Je croyais que tu n'en parlais pas sérieusement.

I thought you weren't serious about it.

De quoi parlais-tu ?

What were you talking about?

Je croyais que tu ne me parlais plus.

I thought you weren't talking to me anymore.

N'est-ce pas le garçon dont tu me parlais ?

Isn't he the boy you were telling me about?

Je me parlais à moi-même.

I was talking to myself.

C'est ce dont je te parlais tout à l'heure, au foot.

That's what I was telling you about earlier, at soccer.

— Plus fort que moi (2025)

La fille dont je vous parlais.

The girl I was telling you about.

— Black (2005)

Tu me parlais de l'école et de Sigmund Jähn.

You were telling me about school and Sigmund Jähn.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

À l'heure où il est censé avoir tué, je lui parlais !

At the time he’s supposed to have killed someone, I was talking to him!

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Je ne parlais pas de vous.

I wasn't talking about you.

C'est de ça que je te parlais.

That's what I was talking about.

Avec qui parlais-tu ?

Who were you talking to?

Je ne parlais pas un mot de français.

I didn't speak a word of French.

— Arrête-moi si tu peux (2002)

Tu nous parlais de l'âme.

You were talking to us about the soul.

— L'aiguille (1989)

Les filles, voici Marcelo, dont je vous parlais.

Girls, this is Marcelo, the one I was telling you about.

— L'Agent secret (2025)

Là-bas, c'est la chambre dont je vous parlais, dans l'aile ouest.

Over there, that's the room I was telling you about, in the west wing.

— Rebecca (1940)

C'était toi qui parlais à la radio.

It was you who was speaking on the radio.

À propos, si tu nous parlais un peu d'elle ?

By the way, why don’t you tell us a little about her?

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Voici la ville dont je te parlais.

This is the city I was telling you about.

Je ne te parlais pas.

I wasn't talking to you.

— Day Watch (2006)

Je te parlais il y a à peine un instant.

I was just talking to you a moment ago.

— Silent Voice (2016)

J'ai dit qu'autrefois tu ne parlais pas ainsi.

I said that you didn’t used to talk like that.

— Le Guépard (1963)

Je ne parlais pas de toi.

I wasn't talking about you.

Non, je ne parlais pas de ça.

No, I wasn't talking about that.

Je ne parlais pas de Tom.

I wasn't talking about Tom.

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