Understand - Comprendre (The 95th Most Common French Word)

The translation for Understand in French is Comprendre. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about communication, emotions. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 95th most common word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: understand

French: comprendre

Examples


I can barely understand what he's saying.	Je peux à peine comprendre ce qu'il dit.
You don't seem to understand how difficult it is for young people today to believe in something.	Vous ne semblez pas comprendre à quel point il est difficile pour les jeunes d'aujourd'hui de croire en quelque chose.
I must've misunderstood.	J'ai dû mal comprendre.
She's too young to understand.	Vous êtes trop jeunes pour comprendre.
I can't understand myself.	Je ne peux pas me comprendre.
No one can understand your letter.	Personne ne peut comprendre votre lettre.
You have to understand that he died.	Vous devez comprendre qu'il est mort.
I couldn't understand a thing from what he said.	Je ne pus rien comprendre de ce qu’il dit.

I can't understand a single word.	Je ne peux pas comprendre un seul mot.
Even a child can understand it.	Même un enfant peut comprendre cela.
No one can understand how the accident happened.	Personne ne peut comprendre comment l'accident s'est produit.
Only my mother understands me.	Il n'y a que ma mère pour me comprendre.
He can make himself understood in English.	Il peut se faire comprendre en anglais.
I couldn't make myself understood.	Je ne pouvais pas me faire comprendre.
I cannot understand why he left so suddenly.	Je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi il est parti si soudainement.
I couldn't make myself understood in English.	Je n'ai pas pu me faire comprendre en anglais.
His ideas are difficult to understand.	Il est difficile de comprendre ses idées.
I think that maybe I won't be able to make myself understood in English.	Je crains de ne pas pouvoir me faire comprendre en anglais.
I can't understand his feeling.	Je ne peux comprendre ses sentiments.
I pretended not to be able to understand what she was telling me.	J'ai fait mine de ne pas comprendre ce qu'il me disait.
It's difficult to understand his theory.	Sa théorie est difficile à comprendre.