vous comptiez

you intended to

→ vous

phrase Rare #40,003

you intended to In these examples, comptiez is the imperfect form of compter and expresses an intention or plan: “you were planning to.” Vous can refer to one person formally or to multiple people.

FR: Vous comptiez partir sans dire au revoir ?

EN: Were you planning to leave without saying goodbye?

Vous comptiez faire des croquis aujourd'hui ?

Were you planning to sketch today?

— Rebecca (1940)

Vous comptiez mentir longtemps ?

Were you planning to lie for a long time?

— Épouses et Concubines (1991)

Et qu'est-ce que vous comptiez en faire ?

And what were you planning to do with it?

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Vous comptiez vous éclipser ainsi ?

You were planning to slip away like that?

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Tom ne savait pas que vous comptiez rester.

Tom didn't know that you were planning to stay.