comprendre

/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ/

verb #612 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to understand

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jecomprendscomprenaiscompriscomprendraicomprendrais
tucomprendscomprenaiscompriscomprendrascomprendrais
il/ellecomprendcomprenaitcompritcomprendracomprendrait
nouscomprenonscomprenionscomprîmescomprendronscomprendrions
vouscomprenezcompreniezcomprîtescomprendrezcomprendriez
ils/ellescomprennentcomprenaientcomprirentcomprendrontcomprendraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jecomprennecomprisse
tucomprennescomprisses
il/ellecomprennecomprît
nouscomprenionscomprissions
vouscompreniezcomprissiez
ils/ellescomprennentcomprissent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tucomprends
nouscomprenons
vouscomprenez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
comprenant
Past participle
compris, comprise, compris, comprises

Examples

.

I do not understand what you mean.

.

Take time to understand before replying.

fonctionne .

She is starting to understand how this system works.

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