Present simpleprésent
| I | understand |
|---|---|
| you | understand |
| he/she/it | understands |
| we | understand |
| you | understand |
| they | understand |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Present
Le verbe understand : conjugaison
- Sens comprendre
- Niveau A1
- Modèle irrégulier · se conjugue comme stand
Ce qui est particulier à ce verbe
- Irrégulier à de nombreux temps : le plus sûr est d’apprendre le tableau en entier. → Les verbes irréguliers
- Les trois formes de base à retenir : understand – understood – understood.
- Préfixe under + stand : les formes suivent celles de stand.
- Verbe d’état, rarement à la forme progressive : on dit understand, pas la forme en -ing. → Les verbes sans forme progressive
En gras et souligné : la terminaison. ◆ signale une forme qui s’écarte de la règle.
Indicatif
Past simplepassé achevé
| I | understood |
|---|---|
| you | understood |
| he/she/it | understood |
| we | understood |
| you | understood |
| they | understood |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Simple Past
Present perfectpassé composé
| I | have understood |
|---|---|
| you | have understood |
| he/she/it | has understood |
| we | have understood |
| you | have understood |
| they | have understood |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect
Past perfectplus-que-parfait
| I | had understood |
|---|---|
| you | had understood |
| he/she/it | had understood |
| we | had understood |
| you | had understood |
| they | had understood |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect
Future (will)futur
| I | will understand |
|---|---|
| you | will understand |
| he/she/it | will understand |
| we | will understand |
| you | will understand |
| they | will understand |
Pour aller plus loin : Le futur avec will
Future perfectfutur antérieur
| I | will have understood |
|---|---|
| you | will have understood |
| he/she/it | will have understood |
| we | will have understood |
| you | will have understood |
| they | will have understood |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Perfect
Conditionnel
Conditional (would)conditionnel
| I | would understand |
|---|---|
| you | would understand |
| he/she/it | would understand |
| we | would understand |
| you | would understand |
| they | would understand |
Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 2
Conditional perfectconditionnel passé
| I | would have understood |
|---|---|
| you | would have understood |
| he/she/it | would have understood |
| we | would have understood |
| you | would have understood |
| they | would have understood |
Pour aller plus loin : La conditionnelle de type 3
Formes progressives
Present progressiveprésent progressif
| I | am understanding |
|---|---|
| you | are understanding |
| he/she/it | is understanding |
| we | are understanding |
| you | are understanding |
| they | are understanding |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Progressive
Past progressivepassé progressif
| I | was understanding |
|---|---|
| you | were understanding |
| he/she/it | was understanding |
| we | were understanding |
| you | were understanding |
| they | were understanding |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Progressive
Present perfect progressivepassé composé progressif
| I | have been understanding |
|---|---|
| you | have been understanding |
| he/she/it | has been understanding |
| we | have been understanding |
| you | have been understanding |
| they | have been understanding |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Present Perfect Progressive
Past perfect progressiveplus-que-parfait progressif
| I | had been understanding |
|---|---|
| you | had been understanding |
| he/she/it | had been understanding |
| we | had been understanding |
| you | had been understanding |
| they | had been understanding |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Past Perfect Progressive
Future progressivefutur progressif
| I | will be understanding |
|---|---|
| you | will be understanding |
| he/she/it | will be understanding |
| we | will be understanding |
| you | will be understanding |
| they | will be understanding |
Pour aller plus loin : Le Future Progressive
Impératif
Imperativeimpératif affirmatif
| you | understand |
|---|---|
| we | let's understand |
Pour aller plus loin : L'impératif
Modes impersonnels
Infinitive and participlesinfinitif, participes, gérondif
| infinitive | understand |
|---|---|
| to-infinitive | to understand |
| -ing form | understanding |
| past participle | understood |
Pour aller plus loin : Les verbes irréguliers · Les verbes avec -ing
Phrases d’exemple du cours
Chaque phrase vient des listes de mots ou des points de grammaire de ce cours. La forme du verbe est mise en évidence ; en dessous figurent le temps et la personne.
Sorry, I do not understand.Pardon, je ne comprends pas.
understand — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
The reverberation time decides whether speech is understood at all.Le temps de réverbération décide si la parole est comprise tout court.
understood — Past simple · I; Past simple · you
I did not understand one word.Je n'ai pas compris un mot.
understand — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
I do not understand this word.Je ne comprends pas ce mot.
understand — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
Sorry, I did not understand that.Pardon, je n'ai pas compris.
understand — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
Heterogeneous catalysis is easy to filter and harder to understand.La catalyse hétérogène se filtre facilement et se comprend difficilement.
understand — Present simple · I; Present simple · you
Petit exercice
5 trous, d’abord dans les phrases d’exemple ci-dessus, puis dans le tableau. Chaque réponse compte pour vos révisions.
Pour continuer
Verbes du même modèle
Points de grammaire liés
Les formes sont calculées d’après les règles de la langue — deux fois, par deux voies indépendantes — et comparées à toutes les formes écrites à la main dans ce cours. Les phrases d’exemple sont celles du cours.