comprendre
See also: comprendré
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin comprendere, late form of comprehendō.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kumˈpɛn.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [kumˈpɾɛn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [komˈpən.dɾə], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [komˈpɾən.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [komˈpen.dɾe], (proscribed spelling pronunciation) [komˈpɾen.dɾe]
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Verb edit
comprendre (first-person singular present comprenc, first-person singular preterite comprenguí, past participle comprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to include
- Synonym: incloure
- to incorporate, to contain
- Synonyms: incorporar, contenir
- to comprehend, to understand, to grasp
- Synonym: entendre
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of comprendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Related terms edit
References edit
- 1998, Joan Baptista Xuriguera, Els Verbs Catalans Conjugats, 35th edition, Editorial Claret, →ISBN, page 24:
- “comprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, from Latin comprehendere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
comprendre
- to understand, comprehend
- J’ai compris maintenant. ― I understand now. (lit. I have understood now.)
- Il est trop intelligent pour ne pas comprendre ce que vous lui avez dit.
- He is too intelligent not to understand what you told him.
- Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ?
- Did you understand?
- « Est-ce que tu comprends ce qu’il dit ? » « Je ne comprends même pas ce que je dis moi. »
- "Do you understand what he's saying?" "I don't even understand what I'm saying."
- 2014, Paradis, Garde-le pour toi:
- C’est sûr que t’as déjà de la compagnie. J’ comprendrai, t’inquiète, si tu m’oublies. Mais si un jour tu te rappelais de moi, je serais certainement pas loin d’ toi.
- You sure have company. I'll understand, don't worry, if you forget me. But if one day you do remember me, I'll certainly be around.
- to comprise, include
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, reciprocal) to know each other (well); to get on well, to get along well
- Quoique leurs goûts fussent différents, ces deux amis se comprenaient à merveille.
- Although their tastes were different, those two friends got on wondefully well
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be comprehensible or conceivable
Conjugation edit
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 | |||||
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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, on | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
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 usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “comprendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
comprendre (Provençal)
- (transitive) to understand
Further reading edit
- Simon-Jude Honnorat, Dictionnaire Provençal-Français (tome 1, A-D), Repos, Digne, 1846, page 569. (as coumprendre).