parlavamo

Parlavamo is the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Italian verb parlare, meaning to speak or to talk. In English, it can translate as “we spoke” or “we were speaking.”

In Italian, the imperfect tense describes actions that were ongoing or habitual in the past, background situations in narration, or states of being. Parlavamo, as the imperfect form of a regular -are verb, signals that the act of speaking occurred over a period of time or was repeated in the past.

Conjugation pattern: parlare is a regular -are verb. The imperfect forms are io parlavo, tu parlavi, lui/lei parlava, noi parlavamo, voi parlavate, loro parlavano. The form parlavamo is used specifically for the subject “we” and for past actions that were ongoing or habitual.

Examples: “Quando eravamo bambini, parlavamo spesso di sogni.” “Durante la riunione di ieri, parlavamo di progetti futuri.” In everyday speech, the subject pronoun noi is often implicit, so parlavamo can stand alone to convey “we were talking.”

Notes: The imperfect tense, including parlavamo, is common in storytelling and describes scenes, routines, or conditions in the past. It should not be confused with the passato prossimo, which expresses completed actions; parlavamo emphasizes duration or repetition in the past.