stava scherzando

Robert stava scherzando!

Robert was joking!

— La dolce vita (1960)

Non stava scherzando, vero?

He wasn't joking, was he?

Stava scherzando.

He was joking.

— Kin-dza-dza! (1986)

Lo sapevo che stava scherzando.

I knew he was joking.

Io lo sapevo che stava scherzando.

I knew he was joking.

Gli ha detto che stava scherzando?

Did he tell her he was joking?

Tom non sapeva che stava scherzando.

Tom didn't know that he was joking.

Tom realizzò che Mary non stava scherzando.

Tom realized that Mary wasn't joking.

Tom stava scherzando.

Tom was joking.

Tom non stava scherzando a riguardo.

Tom wasn't joking about it.