tu plaisantais

you were joking

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you were joking The imperfect tense of plaisanter, used for an ongoing or ongoing-in-the-past action. It can also mean “you were kidding” depending on context.

FR: Tu plaisantais quand tu as dit ça ?

EN: Were you joking when you said that?

J'ai pensé que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.

Tu lui as dit que tu plaisantais ?

Did you tell him you were joking?

Je croyais que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.

Je pensais que tu plaisantais.

I thought you were joking.