This is the 2789th most frequent French word.
comprenais
"Comprenais" means "understood" or "was understanding" (imperfect tense of "comprendre").
Here, 'comprenais' is used in the imperfect tense to express a habitual or ongoing understanding in the past.
Quand j'étais jeune, je comprenais mieux les mathématiques.
When I was young, I understood mathematics better.
In this sentence, 'comprenais' is used to indicate a state of misunderstanding occurring in the past.
Je ne comprenais pas pourquoi cela arrivait.
I didn't understand why this was happening.
Here, 'comprenais' describes the action of understanding concepts as they were being explained, using the imperfect tense.