Translation of "Parlait" in English

- Ainsi parlait Zoroastre.
- Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra.

- Thus spoke Zarathustra.
- Thus was saying Zarathustra.
- Thus spake Zarathustra.

Elle parlait.

She talked.

Elle parlait français.

She spoke French.

Elle parlait fort.

She spoke loudly.

Qui parlait français ?

Who spoke French?

Tom parlait l'esperanto.

Tom spoke in Esperanto.

Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra.

Thus was saying Zarathustra.

Tom parlait français.

Tom was speaking French.

Il parlait français.

He spoke French.

Elle parlait vite.

She spoke rapidly.

Il parlait seul.

He talked to himself.

- Ainsi parlait Zoroastre.
- Ainsi parla Zarathoustra.
- Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra.

Thus spoke Zarathustra.

Parfois, quand elle parlait,

Basically, sometimes when she would go to speak,

Elle parlait couramment français.

She was fluent in French.

Tom parlait à Mary.

Tom was talking to Mary.

On parlait de toi.

- We've been talking about you.
- We were talking about you.
- We talked about you.

Il parlait en chuchotant.

He spoke under his breath.

Tom parlait de Marie.

Tom talked about Mary.

Avec qui parlait-elle ?

- With whom did she speak?
- Who was she talking to?

Thomas parlait de Marie.

Tom was talking about Mary.

Même Tom parlait français.

Even Tom was speaking French.

Tom parlait-il français ?

Did Tom speak French?

Marika parlait-elle suédois ?

Did Marika speak Swedish?

Sami parlait de Jésus.

Sami was talking about Jesus.

Tom parlait peu français.

Tom spoke little French.

- Elle l'interrompit tandis qu'il parlait.
- Elle l'a interrompu tandis qu'il parlait.

She interrupted him while he was speaking.

Mais personne n'en parlait jamais.

But no one ever talked about it.

Il ne parlait pas beaucoup

he didn't speak much

Non. On n'en parlait pas.

I can't because we did not talk about race.

Il parlait, les yeux brillants.

He talked with his eyes shining.

Elle parlait bien le japonais.

She spoke Japanese well.

Elle parlait d'une voix douce.

She spoke in soft tones.

Elle parlait d'une voix faible.

She spoke in a weak voice.

Il parlait d'une voix forte.

He spoke very loudly.

La fille parlait aux arbres.

The girl talked to trees.

L'homme parlait à voix basse.

The man spoke in a low voice.

Elle parlait tout le temps.

She was talking all the time.

Elle ne parlait qu'en allemand.

She spoke only German.

Tom parlait de soi-même.

Tom talked about himself.

Elle ne parlait que l'allemand.

She spoke only German.

Tom parlait bien le français.

Tom spoke French well.

Il ne parlait pas anglais.

He spoke no English.

Mais il parlait bien littéralement ;

He was speaking literally –

Tout le monde parlait français.

- Everybody spoke French.
- Everyone spoke French.

Sami parlait un peu arabe.

Sami spoke little Arabic.

Il parlait allemand avec moi.

He spoke German with me.

Elle l'interrompit tandis qu'il parlait.

She interrupted him while he was speaking.

Tom parlait un français parfait.

Tom spoke perfect French.

Il parlait une langue bizarre.

He was speaking a strange language.

Il parlait parfois avec les soldats.

He would sometimes talk with the soldiers.

Plus elle parlait, plus je m'ennuyais.

The more she talked, the more bored I got.

On ne parlait pas de toi.

We weren't talking about you.

Tom m'a dit qu'il parlait français.

- Tom told me that he spoke French.
- Tom told me he spoke French.
- Tom told me he speaks French.
- Tom told me that he speaks French.

On ne parlait que de lui.

He was the talk of the town.

Connais-tu l'homme qui me parlait ?

Do you know the man who was talking to me?

Tom parlait plus vite que d'habitude.

Tom was speaking faster than usual.

J'ai compris de quoi elle parlait.

I got what she was saying.

- Elle ne parlait que l'allemand.
- Elle ne parlait qu'en allemand.
- Elle ne savait que l'allemand.

She spoke only German.

, Constantin ne parlait qu'en langue des signes.

, Constantin only spoke in sign language.

Il parlait trop vite pour les élèves.

He spoke too fast for the student.

C'est la voiture dont Linda parlait hier.

This is the car that Linda was talking about yesterday.

Qui est l'homme qui parlait avec toi ?

Who is the man who was talking with you?

Tom parlait / était en train de parler.

Tom was talking.

Tout le monde parlait en même temps.

Everybody spoke at the same time.

Sami pensait que l'imam parlait de lui.

Sami thought that the imam was talking about him.