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Sentence #761670

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 Dejo Dejo February 20, 2011 February 20, 2011 at 8:12:09 PM UTC link Permalink

"was meaning" sounds very strange, "meaning" can't be a continuous action.

I would say: Do you understand what he meant?
Or: Do you understand what he was trying to say?

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #761668Avete capito cosa voleva dire?.

Did you understand what he was meaning?

added by marco87, February 19, 2011
➜ #761668Avete capito cosa voleva dire?

linked by marco87, February 19, 2011
Did you understand what he meant?

edited by marco87, December 30, 2011
➜ #1330453Hast du verstanden, was er meinte?

linked by Manfredo, December 30, 2011
➜ #1588016Onun ne demek istediğini anladın mı?

linked by duran, May 23, 2012
➜ #2362319Ar tu supratai ką jis turėjo omenyje?

linked by fanty, April 6, 2013
➜ #2673121त्याचा काय अर्थ होता तुला कळला का?

linked by sabretou, August 13, 2013
➜ #2673122त्यांचा काय अर्थ होता तुम्हाला कळला का?

linked by sabretou, August 13, 2013
➜ #2803297pei do jimpe lo du'u ra te smuni makau

linked by gleki, October 22, 2013
➜ #5097222Вы поняли, что он имеет в виду?

linked by odexed, April 30, 2016
➜ #1331987As-tu compris ce qu'il voulait dire ?

linked by Aiji, September 1, 2016
➜ #6816981Ты понял, что он хочет сказать?

linked by marafon, April 2, 2018
➜ #6816983Вы поняли, что он хочет сказать?

linked by marafon, April 2, 2018
➜ #6816984Ты понял, что он имеет в виду?

linked by marafon, April 2, 2018
➜ #9752626Förstod ni vad han menade?

linked by morbrorper, February 12, 2021
➜ #9752627Förstod du vad han menade?

linked by morbrorper, February 12, 2021
➜ #1331981¿Has entendido lo que quería decir?

linked by morbrorper, February 12, 2021