comprenais

This is the 2789th most frequent French word.

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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.

Pendant le cours, je comprenais chaque concept expliqué par le professeur.

During the class, I understood each concept explained by the teacher.