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noi parlavamo

we were talking, we used to talk

→ parlare
parl to speak, to talk + avamo 1st-person plural imperfect
verb · 1st-person plural, imperfect tense Uncommon #19,470
we were talking, we used to talk The past-tense form can describe an ongoing action or something that happened regularly in the past.
IT: Parlavamo spesso dopo cena.
EN: We used to talk often after dinner.
Conjugation of parlare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First parlavo parlavamo
Second parlavi parlavate
Third parlava parlavano

A casa non parlavamo mai, adesso avevo così tante cose da dirgli.

We never used to talk at home; now I had so many things to tell him.

— Happy Together (1997)

Anche noi parlavamo di te.

We were talking about you too.

— Wicked (2024)

Io e Tom parlavamo in francese insieme.

Tom and I spoke French together.

Ma non ci parlavamo da sette anni.

But we hadn't spoken to each other for seven years.

— I Tenenbaum (2001)

Mentre parlavamo, Angela ci interruppe e ci chiese di aiutarla.

While we were talking, Angela interrupted us and asked us to help her.

Noi parlavamo del nostro futuro.

We were talking about our future.

Non ci parlavamo, come potevo?

We didn't talk to each other, how could I?

— È arrivata mia figlia! (2015)

Parlavamo dei tuoi pantaloni.

We were talking about your pants.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)

Parlavamo in francese.

We spoke French.

Parlavamo sempre solo di te.

We always talked only about you.

— I Tenenbaum (2001)

Parlavamo spesso di politica giapponese.

We often talked about Japanese politics.

Parlavamo spesso.

We talked often.

Questo è ciò di cui parlavamo ieri.

This is what we were talking about yesterday.

Sì, parlavamo di questo.

Yes, we were talking about this.

— I morti non muoiono (2019)

Ti ricordi quando parlavamo di andare a vedere i fuochi d'artificio, da bambini?

Do you remember when we used to talk about going to see the fireworks when we were kids?

— Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Il Castello dell’Infinito (2025)