je plaisantais

was joking, was kidding; were joking, were kidding

→ plaisanter
plaisant to joke, to kid + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #43,925
was joking, was kidding; were joking, were kidding The form can mean either “I was joking” or “you were joking.”
FR: Tu plaisantais avec moi ?
EN: Were you joking with me?
Conjugation of plaisanter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First plaisantais —
Second plaisantais —
Third plaisantait —

Je croyais que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.

Tu lui as dit que tu plaisantais ?

Did you tell him you were joking?

Je pensais que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.

J'ai pensé que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.

Je ne plaisantais pas.

I wasn't joking.

— Star Trek III : À la recherche de Spock (1984)

Mon Dieu, donc tu ne plaisantais pas.

My God, so you weren’t joking.

— Retour vers le futur II (1989)