"كان يقوله" - Translation from Arabic to English

• he was saying
• used to say
• he said
• been saying
• was he saying
• was saying was
• he'd say
• say to me

I noticed that the corresponding transcriptions didn't match what he was saying.
لقد لاحظت أن تدوين المقابلة لا يتطابق مع ما كان يقوله.

"Making it hard to hear what he was saying, but the words didn't matter, because they were meant for me."
يجعل من الصعب سماع ما كان يقوله لكن الكلمات لا تهم، لأنها كانت من أجليّ

You know, it didn't sound like that's what he was saying.
تعلمون، فإنه لا يبدو مثل هذا ما كان يقوله.

Yes, that is... that is something my predecessor used to say.
نعم، هذا ما كان يقوله من سبقني في هذا المنصب

That's what he said, but I never got my fur coat.
ذلك ما كان يقوله لكنّي لم أبحث في الأمر أبداً

All that stuff he's been saying about the devil coming to town, it's no joke.
كل ما كان يقوله حول مجيء الشيطان للمدينة ليس بمزحة

What was he saying about you having a cure?
ما الذي كان يقوله عن كونكَ تمتلك الدواء ؟

I mean, all the words were normal, but I felt like underneath that, what he was saying was it was stupid, that I was stupid for caring about some dumb decorative pillow.
انا اعنى , الكلمات كانت عاديه, و لكنى شعرت كأن وراءها ان ما كان يقوله انه من السخافه انى اهتم بخصوص بعض الوسائد الديكوريه البلهاء.

Ok, I hear you. But any details you can give us about what he was saying or how he was saying it might help us figure out what happened to him.
أفهمك, لكن أيّ معلومة تستطيع تقديمها لنا عن ما كان يقوله, أو طريقة قوله

I barely had a moment to process what he was saying or how I felt about it.
بالكاد كان لي لحظة لمعالجة ما كان يقوله أو كيف شعرت حول ذلك.

That guy really sounded like he believed in what he was saying.
بدا كلام ذلك الرّجل أنه يصدّق بما كان يقوله.

He went on and on, but I wasn't all that interested, so I didn't listen closely to what he was saying.
استرسلنا في الحديث ولكنني لم اكن مستمتعا لذا لم استمع بعناية لما كان يقوله

I wanted to believe everything he was saying, and I still want him to get out.
ريد تصديق كلّ ما كان يقوله ولا أزال أرغب بخروجه

It doesn't take a genius to figure out what he was saying.
لا يتطلب الأمر عبقرياً لاكتشاف ما كان يقوله

I didn't hear the man on the speaker, what he was saying.
لم أسمع ما كان يقوله الرجل على مكبر الصوت.

I had no trouble parsing what he was saying.
ليس لدي مشكلة فى تحليل ما كان يقوله

That's what my brother used to say to get me to do chores:
هذا ما كان يقوله أخي ليجعلني أقوم بالأعمال المنزلية

Yeah, that's what the kids who made fun of me used to say.
نعم ، هذا ما كان يقوله الأطفال الذين كانوا يسخرون مني

He was very careful about what he said here.
لقد كان حريصاً جداً لما كان يقوله هنا

Can't even imagine what Nolan has been saying about me.
لا يمكنني أن أتخيّل ما كان يقوله (نولن) عني

what was he saying the other day?
انه شيء له علاقة ب ما الذي كان يقوله في ذلك اليوم ؟

What he was saying was the truth.
ما كان يقوله هو الحقيقة

Yeah, that's what he'd say, as he marched around the house, loaded shotgun in one hand.
نعم، هذا ما كان يقوله كلما دار بأنحاء المنزل و بيده بندقية مذخَّرة

He asked me if I remembered what he used to say to me when he put me to bed.
سألني لو أذكر ما كان يقوله لي حين يضعني في الفراش