je prévoyais

was planning to, intended to, was expecting, foresaw

→ prévoir
prévoy to predict, to foresee + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #51,566
was planning to, intended to
FR: Je prévoyais de partir tôt.
EN: I was planning to leave early.
was expecting, foresaw
FR: Je prévoyais qu’il serait en retard.
EN: I expected he would be late.
Conjugation of prévoir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First prévoyais —
Second prévoyais —

Ça s'est terminé mieux que je le prévoyais.

It ended better than I expected.

Je prévoyais de vous le dire.

I was planning to tell you.

On a pris un petit but, je le prévoyais.

We conceded a silly little goal; I saw it coming.

— Hothead (1979)

Je prévoyais de te le dire.

I was planning to tell you.