| French > English |
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| je ne comprends pas |
| 1. Phrase. I don't understand. |
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| Analysis |
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| je |
| 1. pron. I |
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| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with the verbs pouvoir, savoir, cesser and oser) |
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| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a subsequent element following; see Usage Notes, below) |
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| 3. part. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-c |
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| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative |
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| apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense - learning French is easier than you think |
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| comprends |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of comprendre |
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| Je ne comprends pas. |
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| I don't know. |
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| 2. v. second-person singular present indicative of comprendre |
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| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of comprendre |
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| comprendre |
| 1. v. to understand |
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| Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ? |
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| Did you understand? |
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| 2. v. to include |
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| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep |
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| 2. n-m. (geography) strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, "Strait of Dover") |
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| 3. adv. (ne ... pas) not |
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| Je ne sais pas. - I don't know |
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| 4. adv. (colloquial, spoken) not |
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