Inherited from Latin comprendere, late form of comprehendō.
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comprendre (first-person singular present comprenc, first-person singular preterite comprenguí, past participle comprès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
Inherited from Old French, from Latin comprehendere.
comprendre
This verb is conjugated on the model of prendre. That means it is quite irregular, with the following patterns:
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
comprendre (Provençal)