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je ne comprenais pas

I didn't understand

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I didn't understand Uses the imperfect tense to describe something the speaker did not understand at the time or repeatedly failed to understand.
FR: Je ne comprenais pas la question.
EN: I didn't understand the question.

J'ai dit que je ne comprenais pas le français.

I said that I didn’t understand French.

Je ne comprenais pas ce qu'ils disaient.

I didn't understand what they were saying.

— Le Frère 2 (2000)

J'ai fait comme si je ne comprenais pas.

I pretended not to understand.

Je ne comprenais pas sa blague.

I didn't understand his joke.

Je ne comprenais pas ce qui m'empêchait de bouger.

I couldn't understand what was keeping me from moving.

Je ne comprenais pas toujours ce que voulait dire mon père.

I didn't always understand what my father meant.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Je ne comprenais pas comment j'étais devenu si fort, si vite.

I didn't understand how I had become so strong so quickly.

— Dangal (2016)

Je ne comprenais pas.

I didn't understand.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

Au début, je ne comprenais pas ce qu'il disait.

At first, I didn’t understand what he was saying.

Je ne comprenais pas parce qu'ils parlaient à voix basse.

I couldn't understand because they were speaking quietly.