stava andando

was going

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phrase Uncommon #8,966

was going Describes an action that was in progress in the past.

IT: Stava andando al lavoro quando ha iniziato a piovere.

EN: He was going to work when it started to rain.

Ha detto che non stava andando da nessuna parte.

He said he wasn't going anywhere.

Non ha detto dove stava andando.

He/She didn’t say where he/she was going.

Mary mi disse che stava andando a casa.

Mary told me she was going home.

Tom ha incontrato Mary mentre stava andando a scuola.

Tom met Mary on his way to school.

Mary ha detto che Tom stava andando a Boston con lei.

Mary said that Tom was going to Boston with her.

Stava andando verso la sua fottuta macchina.

He was walking to his fucking car.

— Un giorno di ordinaria follia (1993)

Disse che non stava andando da nessuna parte.

He said he wasn't going anywhere.

Tom disse a Mary che stava andando a Boston.

Tom told Mary he was going to Boston.

Mary ha detto che stava andando a caccia.

Mary said she was going hunting.

Tom mi ha detto che stava andando a Boston.

Tom told me he was going to Boston.

Mi disse che stava andando in Italia.

He told me he was going to Italy.

Dove stava andando?

Where was he going?

Mary disse che stava andando a lavorare.

Mary said she was going to work.

Ah, stava andando al cinema?

Ah, was he going to the movies?

— Hong Kong Express (1994)

Stava andando fuori di testa.

He was going crazy.

— Parasite (2019)

Tom disse che stava andando allo zoo.

Tom said he was going to the zoo.

Mary ha detto che stava andando bene.

Mary said it was going well.

Disse che stava andando al lavoro.

He said he was going to work.

Sami stava andando a casa a piedi.

Sami was walking home.

Felix stava andando da qualche parte.

Felix was going somewhere.

Mary non sapeva dove stava andando.

Mary didn’t know where she was going.

Sapeva che Tom stava andando a Boston?

Did he know Tom was going to Boston?

Tom ha detto a Mary che stava andando a Boston.

Tom told Mary he was going to Boston.

Non disse dove stava andando.

He/She didn’t say where he/she was going.

Ziri stava andando a scuola.

Ziri was going to school.

Tom non stava andando molto veloce.

Tom wasn't going very fast.

Tom non guardava dove stava andando.

Tom wasn’t watching where he was going.

Mary disse che stava andando a caccia.

Mary said she was going hunting.

Ah, stava andando al cinema anche lei.

Oh, she was going to the cinema too.

— Hong Kong Express (1994)

Ma ha detto che stava andando via.

But he said he was leaving.

— L'organo genocida (2017)

Tom non mi ha detto perché stava andando a Boston.

Tom didn't tell me why he was going to Boston.

Stava andando bene al ristorante con tua madre.

Things were going well at the restaurant with your mother.

— Le buone stelle - Broker (2022)

Lui mi ha detto che stava andando in Italia.

He told me he was going to Italy.

Mary ha detto che stava andando a lavorare.

Mary said she was going to work.

Lui mi disse che stava andando in Italia.

He told me he was going to Italy.

Tom mi ha detto che stava andando in palestra.

Tom told me he was going to the gym.

Tom ha detto che stava andando a caccia.

Tom said he was going hunting.