vous alliez

you were going to

→ vous

phrase Uncommon #14,309

you were going to Used with an infinitive to describe something you were about to do or intended to do. “Vous” can refer to one person formally or to multiple people.

FR: Je pensais que vous alliez partir.

EN: I thought you were going to leave.

Je me demandais quand vous alliez me le dire.

I was wondering when you were going to tell me.

Vous alliez me dire ce que vous vouliez, dis-je.

You were about to tell me what you wanted, I said.

Vous alliez le punir.

You were going to punish him.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Vous alliez voir la scène.

You were about to see the scene.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

Vous alliez oublier votre éventail.

You were about to forget your fan.

— The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Qu'est-ce que vous alliez dire ?

What were you going to say?

Je pensais que vous alliez m'attendre.

I thought you were going to wait for me.

Je savais que vous alliez bien vous entendre.

I knew you two would get along well.

Vous alliez tuer femme et enfant.

You were going to kill your wife and child.

— Chute libre (1993)

Je savais que vous alliez dire ça.

I knew you were going to say that.

Je croyais que vous alliez me demander à boire.

I thought you were going to ask me for a drink.

Vous alliez trouver Dumbledore !

You were going to find Dumbledore!

— Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix (2007)

Et lui dire que vous alliez sauver le monde ?

And tell him that you were going to save the world?

— Interstellar (2014)

Si vous alliez prendre un café ?

Why not go get a coffee?

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

Vous alliez dire quelque chose ?

Were you going to say something?

Vous avez dit que vous alliez le gérer.

You said you would handle it.

Je savais que vous alliez assurer.

I knew you were going to deliver.

— Cold Storage (2026)

C'est ce que vous alliez dire ?

Is that what you were going to say?

— Old Boy (2003)

Ce que vous alliez vous injecter dans le cou.

What you were going to inject into your neck.

Vous alliez nous laisser dehors.

You were going to leave us outside.

— Alien, le huitième passager (1979)

Je me demandais quand vous alliez me dire que vous m'aimiez.

I was wondering when you were going to tell me you loved me.

J'espérais que vous alliez me le dire.

I was hoping you were going to tell me.

Je pensais que vous alliez dire un truc réconfortant.

I thought you were going to say something comforting.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Vous avez dit que vous alliez vous en saisir.

You said you were going to take it on.

Quand vous êtes venue, j'ai compris que vous alliez détruire la partition.

When you came, I realized that you were going to destroy the score.

— Trois couleurs : Bleu (1993)

Je viens de dire que vous alliez tout moderniser.

I just said that you were going to modernize everything.

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Je ne pensais pas que vous alliez décrocher.

I didn’t think you’d pick up.

— The Money Maker (2026)

Vous alliez faire quoi avec ça ?

What were you going to do with that?

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Respirez à fond, comme si vous alliez chanter.

Take a deep breath, as if you were going to sing.

— Vacances à Venise (1955)

Vous alliez voir Nadia.

You were going to see Nadia.

— Diva (1981)

Eh bien, j'étais sûr que vous alliez exploser.

Well, I was sure you were going to explode.

— Le prisonnier du Caucase (1996)

Vous alliez me le dire quand ?

When were you going to tell me?

— Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Je croyais que vous alliez planter le dernier clou sur son cercueil.

I thought you were going to hammer the last nail into his coffin.

— F1® Le Film (2025)