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ça allait arriver

it was going to happen

→ cela
phrase Rare #34,901
it was going to happen Uses the imperfect of aller to express a future event viewed from the past. Here, arriver means “to happen,” not “to arrive.”
FR: Je savais que ça allait arriver.
EN: I knew it was going to happen.

Ça allait arriver.

It was going to happen.

— La Femme de ménage (2025)

Tu savais que ça allait arriver.

You knew this was going to happen.

Comme si ça allait arriver.

As if it was going to happen.

Je savais que ça allait arriver.

I knew it was going to happen.

Vous saviez que ça allait arriver.

You knew this was coming.