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je racontais

was telling, used to tell

→ raconter
racont to tell, to recount + ais je/tu conjugation
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #40,774
was telling, used to tell The same form is used with “I” and “you.”
FR: Tu racontais une histoire drôle.
EN: You were telling a funny story.
Conjugation of raconter
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First racontais —
Second racontais —
Third racontait —

Tu me racontais ce qu'on dit jamais.

You told me what no one ever says.

— Parle avec elle (2002)

Comme si tu racontais une histoire.

As if you were telling a story.

— Victoria (2015)

Soyons honnêtes, je me racontais des histoires.

Let's be honest, I was telling myself stories.

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

Ça t'intéressait ce que je racontais.

You were interested in what I was telling you.

— Irreversible (2002)

Tu ne racontais pas tout à tes maîtresses ?

You didn’t tell your mistresses everything?

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

Je racontais des blagues.

I was telling jokes.

Si je vous racontais une de mes histoires ?

What if I told you one of my stories?

— L'Histoire personnelle de David Copperfield (2019)