How do you conjugate "comprendre" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of comprendre: je comprends, tu comprends, il/elle comprend, nous comprenons, vous comprenez, ils/elles comprennent. Example: "Je comprends le problème maintenant." — "I understand the problem now."

How do you conjugate "comprendre" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of comprendre: je ai compris, tu as compris, il/elle a compris, nous avons compris, vous avez compris, ils/elles ont compris. Example: "J'ai tout compris hier." — "I understood everything yesterday."

How do you conjugate "comprendre" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of comprendre: je comprenais, tu comprenais, il/elle comprenait, nous comprenions, vous compreniez, ils/elles comprenaient. Example: "Je comprenais tout à cette époque." — "I understood everything at that time."

How do you conjugate "comprendre" in the Future tense in French?

Future conjugation of comprendre: je comprendrai, tu comprendras, il/elle comprendra, nous comprendrons, vous comprendrez, ils/elles comprendront. Example: "Je comprendrai mieux demain." — "I'll understand better tomorrow."

How do you conjugate "comprendre" in the Conditional tense in French?

Conditional conjugation of comprendre: je comprendrais, tu comprendrais, il/elle comprendrait, nous comprendrions, vous comprendriez, ils/elles comprendraient. Example: "Je comprendrais si tu expliquais." — "I'd understand if you explained."

comprendre (to understand) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

comprendre (to understand) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate comprendre (to understand) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

comprendre — Present Simple in French

comprendre Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	comprends	Je comprends le problème maintenant.	I understand the problem now.
tu	comprends	Tu comprends bien le français.	You understand French well.
il/elle	comprend	Il comprend la situation.	He understands the situation.
nous	comprenons	Nous comprenons vos inquiétudes.	We understand your concerns.
vous	comprenez	Vous comprenez les instructions.	You all understand the instructions.
ils/elles	comprennent	Ils se comprennent parfaitement.	They understand each other perfectly.

comprendre — Present Perfect in French

comprendre Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	ai compris	J'ai tout compris hier.	I understood everything yesterday.
tu	as compris	Tu as compris la blague tout de suite.	You understood the joke immediately.
il/elle	a compris	Il/Elle a enfin compris la leçon.	He/She finally understood the lesson.
nous	avons compris	Nous avons compris le message clairement.	We understood the message clearly.
vous	avez compris	Vous avez bien compris l'explication.	You all understood the explanation well.
ils/elles	ont compris	Ils/Elles ont compris l'importance de la réunion.	They understood the importance of the meeting.

comprendre — Imperfect in French

comprendre Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	comprenais	Je comprenais tout à cette époque.	I understood everything at that time.
tu	comprenais	Tu comprenais mieux la leçon avant.	You understood the lesson better before.
il/elle	comprenait	Elle comprenait les soucis de ses parents.	She understood her parents' worries.
nous	comprenions	Nous comprenions les règles à ce moment-là.	We understood the rules back then.
vous	compreniez	Vous compreniez l'importance d'étudier.	You all understood the importance of studying.
ils/elles	comprenaient	Elles comprenaient pourquoi c'était nécessaire.	They understood why it was necessary.

comprendre — Future in French

comprendre Future conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	comprendrai	Je comprendrai mieux demain.	I'll understand better tomorrow.
tu	comprendras	Tu comprendras quand tu seras plus grand.	You'll understand when you're older.
il/elle	comprendra	Il comprendra les conséquences.	He'll understand the consequences.
nous	comprendrons	Nous comprendrons après l'explication.	We'll understand after the explanation.
vous	comprendrez	Vous comprendrez la différence.	You all will understand the difference.
ils/elles	comprendront	Ils comprendront notre décision.	They'll understand our decision.

comprendre — Conditional in French

comprendre Conditional conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	comprendrais	Je comprendrais si tu expliquais.	I'd understand if you explained.
tu	comprendrais	Tu comprendrais avec plus de pratique.	You'd understand with more practice.
il/elle	comprendrait	Elle comprendrait si elle écoutait.	She'd understand if she listened.
nous	comprendrions	Nous comprendrions avec un meilleur exemple.	We'd understand with a better example.
vous	comprendriez	Vous comprendriez dans cette situation.	You all would understand in that situation.
ils/elles	comprendraient	Elles comprendraient notre point de vue.	They'd understand our point of view.