{"id":5991,"date":"2011-05-04T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T20:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2014-06-12T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T17:22:43","slug":"conjugaison-the-verb-comprendre-to-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/conjugaison-the-verb-comprendre-to-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjugaison: The Verb Comprendre (To Understand)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photo.parismatch.com\/actu-match\/politique\/actu\/de-gaulle-je-vous-ai-compris-.-67675\/399842-1-fre-FR\/Juin-1958.-De-Gaulle-Je-vous-ai-compris1_articlephoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<em>Je vous ai compris<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;I understood you&#8221;) is a famous political statement made in <em>l&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/chanson_resistence\/\">histoire de France<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nIts inherent semantic <em>ambigu\u00eft\u00e9<\/em> managed to buy some time for its inventor,\u00a0<em>le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Gaulle<\/em>,\u00a0in dealing with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/after-indigenes-french-oh-la-la-about-hors-la-loi\/\">la guerre d&#8217;Alg\u00e9rie<\/a> <\/em>(the Algerian War), but somehow didn&#8217;t do much good, half a century later, to ex-presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/conjugaison-a-la-mode-le-verbe-degager-to-get-out\/\">Ben Ali and Mubarak<\/a>&#8212;A fact which most likely helps understand the dogged\u00a0<em>ent\u00eatement<\/em> (stubbornness) of embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jacques-brel-vs-colonel-gaddafi-zangra-meets-zenga-zenga\/\">Colonel Gaddafi<\/a> in refusing to utter it to this day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>CONJUGAISON <\/em>OF\u00a0THE VERB <em>COMPRENDRE <\/em>(TO UNDERSTAND):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>I N D I C A T I F<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprends<br \/>\ncomprends<br \/>\ncomprend<br \/>\ncomprenons<br \/>\ncomprenez<br \/>\ncomprennent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Imparfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprenais<br \/>\ncomprenais<br \/>\ncomprenait<br \/>\ncomprenions<br \/>\ncompreniez<br \/>\ncomprenaient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 simple<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncomprit<br \/>\ncompr\u00eemes<br \/>\ncompr\u00eetes<br \/>\ncomprirent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Futur simple<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprendrai<br \/>\ncomprendras<br \/>\ncomprendra<br \/>\ncomprendrons<br \/>\ncomprendrez<br \/>\ncomprendront<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>ai<br \/>\nas<br \/>\na<br \/>\navons<br \/>\navez<br \/>\nont<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Plus que parfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>avais<br \/>\navais<br \/>\navait<br \/>\navions<br \/>\naviez<br \/>\navaient<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 ant\u00e9rieur<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>eus<br \/>\neus<br \/>\neut<br \/>\ne\u00fbmes<br \/>\ne\u00fbtes<br \/>\neurent<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Futur ant\u00e9rieur<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aurai<br \/>\nauras<br \/>\naura<br \/>\naurons<br \/>\naurez<br \/>\nauront<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>S U B J O N C T I F<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que<\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprenne<br \/>\ncomprennes<br \/>\ncomprenne<br \/>\ncomprenions<br \/>\ncompreniez<br \/>\ncomprennent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Imparfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que <\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprisse<br \/>\ncomprisses<br \/>\ncompr\u00eet<br \/>\ncomprissions<br \/>\ncomprissiez<br \/>\ncomprissent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que<\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aie<br \/>\naies<br \/>\nait<br \/>\nayons<br \/>\nayez<br \/>\naient<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Plus que parfait<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>que<\/em><br \/>\n<em>que<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>eusse<br \/>\neusses<br \/>\ne\u00fbt<br \/>\neussions<br \/>\neussiez<br \/>\neussent<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>C O N D I T I O N N E L<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>I M P E R A T I F<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>comprendrais<br \/>\ncomprendrais<br \/>\ncomprendrait<br \/>\ncomprendrions<br \/>\ncomprendriez<br \/>\ncomprendraient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/td>\n<td>aurais<br \/>\naurais<br \/>\naurait<br \/>\naurions<br \/>\nauriez<br \/>\nauraient<\/td>\n<td>compris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncompris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\ncomprends<br \/>\ncomprenons<br \/>\ncomprenez<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\naie compris<br \/>\nayons compris<br \/>\nayez compris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>I N F I N I T I F<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>P A R T I C I P E<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>comprendre<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>avoir compris<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>comprenant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>compris<br \/>\ncomprise<br \/>\ncompris<br \/>\ncomprises<br \/>\nayant compris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" height=\"11\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"22\" height=\"11\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"690\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>G E R O N D I F<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>pr\u00e9sent <\/em><\/strong><\/span>en comprenant<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #8a798a;\"><strong><em>Pass\u00e9 <\/em><\/strong><\/span>en ayant compris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Je vous ai compris&#8221; (&#8220;I understood you&#8221;) is a famous political statement made in l&#8217;histoire de France. Its inherent semantic ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 managed to buy some time for its inventor,\u00a0le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Gaulle,\u00a0in dealing with\u00a0la guerre d&#8217;Alg\u00e9rie (the Algerian War), but somehow didn&#8217;t do much good, half a century later, to ex-presidents Ben Ali and Mubarak&#8212;A&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/conjugaison-the-verb-comprendre-to-understand\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[24400,54981,24375,54977,24398,54979,54978,24401,54980,54976],"class_list":["post-5991","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-ben-ali","tag-comprendre","tag-conjugaison","tag-de-gaulle","tag-gaddafi","tag-i-understood-you","tag-je-vous-ai-compris","tag-mubarak","tag-semantic-ambiguity","tag-to-understand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5991"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20694,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions\/20694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}