comprendre

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Present:	comprenant
Past:	compris

Indicative of "comprendre"

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	comprends	comprenais	comprendrai	compris
tu	comprends	comprenais	comprendras	compris
il/elle	comprend	comprenait	comprendra	comprit
nous	comprenons	comprenions	comprendrons	comprîmes
vous	comprenez	compreniez	comprendrez	comprîtes
ils/elles	comprennent	comprenaient	comprendront	comprirent

Indicative of "comprendre" (compound tenses)

	Passé Composé	Pluperfect	Future Perfect	Past Anterior
j'	ai compris	avais compris	aurai compris	eus compris
tu	as compris	avais compris	auras compris	eus compris
il/elle	a compris	avait compris	aura compris	eut compris
nous	avons compris	avions compris	aurons compris	eûmes compris
vous	avez compris	aviez compris	aurez compris	eûtes compris
ils/elles	ont compris	avaient compris	auront compris	eurent compris

Conditional of "comprendre"

	Present	Past
je/j'	comprendrais	aurais compris
tu	comprendrais	aurais compris
il/elle	comprendrait	aurait compris
nous	comprendrions	aurions compris
vous	comprendriez	auriez compris
ils/elles	comprendraient	auraient compris

Subjunctive of "comprendre"

	Present	Past	Imperfect	Pluperfect
je/j'	comprenne	aie compris	comprisse	eusse compris
tu	comprennes	aies compris	comprisses	eusses compris
il/elle	comprenne	ait compris	comprît	eût compris
nous	comprenions	ayons compris	comprissions	eussions compris
vous	compreniez	ayez compris	comprissiez	eussiez compris
ils/elles	comprennent	aient compris	comprissent	eussent compris

Imperative of "comprendre"

	Affirmative Present	Negative Present	Affirmative Past
(je/j')	-	-	-
(tu)	comprends	ne comprends pas	aie compris
(il/elle)	-	-	-
(nous)	comprenons	ne comprenons pas	ayons compris
(vous)	comprenez	ne comprenez pas	ayez compris
(ils/elles)	-	-	-

Periphrastic tenses of "comprendre"

	Near Future	Recent Past
je	vais comprendre	viens de comprendre
tu	vas comprendre	viens de comprendre
il/elle	va comprendre	vient de comprendre
nous	allons comprendre	venons de comprendre
vous	allez comprendre	venez de comprendre
ils/elles	vont comprendre	viennent de comprendre

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