comprendre

See also: comprendré

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin comprendere, late form of comprehendere, present active infinitive of comprehendō.

Verb

comprendre (first-person singular present comprenc, past participle comprès)

  1. to include
  2. to incorporate, to contain
  3. to comprehend, to understand, to grasp

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (comprehend, understand, grasp): entendre

References

  • 1998, Joan Baptista Xuriguera, Els Verbs Catalans Conjugats, 35th edition, Editorial Claret, →ISBN, page 24:

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin comprehendere, present active infinitive of comprehendō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

comprendre

  1. to understand
    Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ?
    Did you understand?
  2. to include

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated on the model of prendre. That means it is quite irregular, with the following patterns:

  • In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs).
  • In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem comprenn- before mute ‘e’ and the stem compren- elsewhere.
  • In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre.
  Conjugation of comprendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive comprendre avoir compris
gerund en comprenant en ayant compris
present participle comprenant
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɑ̃/
past participle compris
/kɔ̃.pʁi/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present comprends
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃/		 comprends
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃/		 comprend
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃/		 comprenons
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃/		 comprenez
/kɔ̃.pʁə.ne/		 comprennent
/kɔ̃.pʁɛn/
imperfect comprenais
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɛ/		 comprenais
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɛ/		 comprenait
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɛ/		 comprenions
/kɔ̃.pʁə.njɔ̃/		 compreniez
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nje/		 comprenaient
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɛ/
past historic1 compris
/kɔ̃.pʁi/		 compris
/kɔ̃.pʁi/		 comprit
/kɔ̃.pʁi/		 comprîmes
/kɔ̃.pʁim/		 comprîtes
/kɔ̃.pʁit/		 comprirent
/kɔ̃.pʁiʁ/
future comprendrai
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁe/		 comprendras
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁa/		 comprendra
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁa/		 comprendrons
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 comprendrez
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁe/		 comprendront
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional comprendrais
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 comprendrais
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 comprendrait
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 comprendrions
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 comprendriez
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/		 comprendraient
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present comprenne
/kɔ̃.pʁɛn/		 comprennes
/kɔ̃.pʁɛn/		 comprenne
/kɔ̃.pʁɛn/		 comprenions
/kɔ̃.pʁə.njɔ̃/		 compreniez
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nje/		 comprennent
/kɔ̃.pʁɛn/
imperfect1 comprisse
/kɔ̃.pʁis/		 comprisses
/kɔ̃.pʁis/		 comprît
/kɔ̃.pʁi/		 comprissions
/kɔ̃.pʁi.sjɔ̃/		 comprissiez
/kɔ̃.pʁi.sje/		 comprissent
/kɔ̃.pʁis/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— comprends
/kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃/		 — comprenons
/kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃/		 comprenez
/kɔ̃.pʁə.ne/		 —
1literary tenses

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