comprendre

See also: comprendré

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /komˈp(ɾ)ən.dɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kumˈp(ɾ)ɛn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /komˈp(ɾ)en.dɾe/

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

Conjugation of comprendre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)

infinitive			comprendre
present participle			comprenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		comprès		compresa
		plural		compresos		compreses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	comprenc	comprens	comprèn	comprenem	compreneu	comprenen
	imperfect	comprenia	comprenies	comprenia	compreníem	compreníeu	comprenien
	future	comprendré	comprendràs	comprendrà	comprendrem	comprendreu	comprendran
	preterite	comprenguí	comprengueres	comprengué	comprenguérem	comprenguéreu	comprengueren
	conditional	comprendria	comprendries	comprendria	comprendríem	comprendríeu	comprendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	comprengui	comprenguis	comprengui	comprenguem	comprengueu	comprenguin
	imperfect	comprengués	comprenguessis	comprengués	comprenguéssim	comprenguéssiu	comprenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	comprèn	comprengui	comprenguem	compreneu	comprenguin

Synonyms

• (comprehend, understand, grasp): entendre

Related terms

• comprensió
• prendre

References

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

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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)

infinitive	simple	comprendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	comprenant /kɔ̃.pʁə.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		compris /kɔ̃.pʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	comprenne /kɔ̃.pʁɛn/	comprennes /kɔ̃.pʁɛn/	comprenne /kɔ̃.pʁɛn/	comprenions /kɔ̃.pʁə.njɔ̃/	compreniez /kɔ̃.pʁə.nje/	comprennent /kɔ̃.pʁɛn/
	imperfect2	comprisse /kɔ̃.pʁis/	comprisses /kɔ̃.pʁis/	comprît /kɔ̃.pʁi/	comprissions /kɔ̃.pʁi.sjɔ̃/	comprissiez /kɔ̃.pʁi.sje/	comprissent /kɔ̃.pʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	comprends /kɔ̃.pʁɑ̃/	—	comprenons /kɔ̃.pʁə.nɔ̃/	comprenez /kɔ̃.pʁə.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• compréhension
• prendre

Further reading

• “comprendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).