were speaking, were talking
Di cosa tu e lui parlavate?
What were you and he talking about?
— Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Parlavate di Mc Intosh e Peter, giusto?
You were talking about McIntosh and Peter, right?
— Tre uomini in fuga (1966)
Di cosa parlavate?
What were you talking about?
— Fa' la cosa giusta (1989)
Di cosa, che cosa, di che parlavate?
What, what, what were you talking about?
— American Gangster (2007)
Parlavate?
Were you talking?
— Arca Russa (2002)
Non sapevo che parlavate francese.
I didn’t know you spoke French.