vous parliez

you were talking

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you were talking Imperfect tense of parler, used for ongoing or repeated past actions. Also can mean 'you were speaking' depending on context.
FR: Vous parliez à votre sœur quand je suis arrivé.
EN: You were talking to your sister when I arrived.

Il veut que vous parliez aux troupes.

He wants you to speak to the troops.

— Piège de cristal (1988)

Il faut que vous parliez à mon père.

You need to speak to my father.

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)

Vous parliez de moi?

Were you talking about me?

Vous parliez d'expédition éprouvante?

Were you talking about an arduous expedition?

— Stalker (1979)

Est-ce le garçon dont vous parliez?

Is this the boy you were talking about?

Je ne veux pas que vous parliez de moi tous les deux.

I don’t want the two of you talking about me.

Dites-moi tout ce que vous savez, comme si vous parliez à un père.

Tell me everything you know, as if you were talking to a father.

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Vous parliez de quoi?

What were you talking about?

J'ignorais même que vous parliez français.

I didn't even know you spoke French.

Ils veulent que vous parliez plus clairement.

They want you to speak more clearly.

Vous parliez d'un sens du bien et du mai.

You were talking about a sense of right and wrong.

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

Au fait, de quoi vous parliez?

By the way, what were you talking about?

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Je ne veux pas que vous parliez de moi toutes les deux.

I don't want the two of you talking about me.

Peux tu me dire de quoi vous parliez?

Can you tell me what you were talking about?

— Silent Voice (2016)

Parlez comme vous parliez à Jonas et Clémence.

Speak as you spoke to Jonah and Clemence.

— The Witch (2016)

Vous parliez si doucement, comment voulez-vous que j'écoute?

You were speaking so softly—how did you expect me to hear you?

— New York Masala (2003)

De quoi vous parliez?

What were you talking about?

— Je suis toujours là (2024)

Il faut que vous parliez comme ça.

You need to speak like that.

— Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)

J'ai senti la liberté dont vous parliez.

I felt the freedom you were talking about.

— Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)

Qui est l'homme à qui vous parliez?

Who is the man you were talking to?

J'ai cru que vous parliez du juge!

I thought you were talking about the judge!

— Chute libre (1993)

Qui était celle à qui vous parliez?

Who was the woman you were talking to?

Vous parliez de collaboration!

You were talking about collaboration!

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)