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Conjugation of the French verb comprendre

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb comprendre, along with their English translations.

comprendre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
comprendre	to understand

Present		Scored
je comprends	I understand
tu comprends	you understand
il comprend	he understands
elle comprend	she understands
nous comprenons	we understand
vous comprenez	you understand
ils comprennent	they understand
elles comprennent	they understand

Imperfect		Scored
je comprenais	I was understanding
tu comprenais	you were understanding
il comprenait	he was understanding
elle comprenait	she was understanding
nous comprenions	we were understanding
vous compreniez	you were understanding
ils comprenaient	they were understanding
elles comprenaient	they were understanding

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je compris	I understood
tu compris	you understood
il comprit	he understood
elle comprit	she understood
nous comprîmes	we understood
vous comprîtes	you understood
ils comprirent	they understood
elles comprirent	they understood

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai compris	I have understood
tu as compris	you have understood
il a compris	he has understood
elle a compris	she has understood
nous avons compris	we have understood
vous avez compris	you have understood
ils ont compris	they have understood
elles ont compris	they have understood

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais compris	I had understood
tu avais compris	you had understood
il avait compris	he had understood
elle avait compris	she had understood
nous avions compris	we had understood
vous aviez compris	you had understood
ils avaient compris	they had understood
elles avaient compris	they had understood

Future		Scored
je comprendrai	I will understand
tu comprendras	you will understand
il comprendra	he will understand
elle comprendra	she will understand
nous comprendrons	we will understand
vous comprendrez	you will understand
ils comprendront	they will understand
elles comprendront	they will understand

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai compris	I will have understood
tu auras compris	you will have understood
il aura compris	he will have understood
elle aura compris	she will have understood
nous aurons compris	we will have understood
vous aurez compris	you will have understood
ils auront compris	they will have understood
elles auront compris	they will have understood

Conditional		Scored
je comprendrais	I would understand
tu comprendrais	you would understand
il comprendrait	he would understand
elle comprendrait	she would understand
nous comprendrions	we would understand
vous comprendriez	you would understand
ils comprendraient	they would understand
elles comprendraient	they would understand

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais compris	I would have understood
tu aurais compris	you would have understood
il aurait compris	he would have understood
elle aurait compris	she would have understood
nous aurions compris	we would have understood
vous auriez compris	you would have understood
ils auraient compris	they would have understood
elles auraient compris	they would have understood

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je comprenne	(... that) I understand
(... que) tu comprennes	(... that) you understand
(... que) il comprenne	(... that) he understands
(... que) elle comprenne	(... that) she understands
(... que) nous comprenions	(... that) we understand
(... que) vous compreniez	(... that) you understand
(... que) ils comprennent	(... that) they understand
(... que) elles comprennent	(... that) they understand

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je comprisse	(... that) I was understanding
(... que) tu comprisses	(... that) you were understanding
(... que) il comprît	(... that) he was understanding
(... que) elle comprît	(... that) she was understanding
(... que) nous comprissions	(... that) we were understanding
(... que) vous comprissiez	(... that) you were understanding
(... que) ils comprissent	(... that) they were understanding
(... que) elles comprissent	(... that) they were understanding

Imperative		Scored
comprends	Understand
comprenons	Let's understand
comprenez	Understand

Present Participle		Scored
comprenant	understanding

Past Participle		Scored
compris	understood

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