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je comprenais

understood

→ comprendre
compren understand + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #34,662
understood Imperfect form; depending on context, it can mean “was understanding” or “used to understand.”
FR: Je comprenais la question.
EN: I understood the question.
Conjugation of comprendre
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First comprenais —
Second comprenais —
Third comprenait —

Je ne comprenais toujours pas pourquoi je portais des vêtements de femme.

I still didn't understand why I was wearing women's clothes.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)

J'ai pensé que tu comprenais.

I thought you understood.

Je n'y comprenais rien.

I didn't understand a thing.

J'ai su directement que tu ne comprenais pas.

I knew right away that you didn’t understand.

— PK (2014)

Je pensais que tu ne comprenais pas le français.

I thought you didn’t understand French.

Au début, je ne comprenais rien.

At first, I didn’t understand anything.

Je pensais que tu comprenais ça.

I thought you understood that.

Je me suis rendu compte que je ne comprenais rien.

I realized that I didn't understand anything.

Comment ne le comprenais-je pas avant ?

How did I not understand it before?

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Je croyais que tu comprenais.

I thought you understood.