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Conjugation of the Italian verb comprendere

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb comprendere, along with their English translations.

comprendere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
comprendere	to comprehend

Present		Scored
io comprendo	I comprehend
tu comprendi	you comprehend
lui comprende	he comprehends
lei comprende	she comprehends
noi comprendiamo	we comprehend
voi comprendete	you comprehend
loro comprendono	they comprehend

Imperfect		Scored
io comprendevo	I was comprehending
tu comprendevi	you were comprehending
lui comprendeva	he was comprehending
lei comprendeva	she was comprehending
noi comprendevamo	we were comprehending
voi comprendevate	you were comprehending
loro comprendevano	they were comprehending

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
tu comprendesti	you comprehended
noi comprendemmo	we comprehended
voi comprendeste	you comprehended
loro compresero	they comprehended

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho compreso	I comprehended
tu hai compreso	you comprehended
lui ha compreso	he comprehended
lei ha compreso	she comprehended
noi abbiamo compreso	we comprehended
voi avete compreso	you comprehended
loro hanno compreso	they comprehended

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo compreso	I had comprehended
tu avevi compreso	you had comprehended
lui aveva compreso	he had comprehended
lei aveva compreso	she had comprehended
noi avevamo compreso	we had comprehended
voi avevate compreso	you had comprehended
loro avevano compreso	they had comprehended

Future		Scored
io comprenderò	I will comprehend
tu comprenderai	you will comprehend
lui comprenderà	he will comprehend
lei comprenderà	she will comprehend
noi comprenderemo	we will comprehend
voi comprenderete	you will comprehend
loro comprenderanno	they will comprehend

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò compreso	I will have comprehended
tu avrai compreso	you will have comprehended
lui avrà compreso	he will have comprehended
lei avrà compreso	she will have comprehended
noi avremo compreso	we will have comprehended
voi avrete compreso	you will have comprehended
loro avranno compreso	they will have comprehended

Conditional		Scored
io comprenderei	I would comprehend
tu comprenderesti	you would comprehend
lui comprenderebbe	he would comprehend
lei comprenderebbe	she would comprehend
noi comprenderemmo	we would comprehend
voi comprendereste	you would comprehend
loro comprenderebbero	they would comprehend

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei compreso	I would have comprehended
tu avresti compreso	you would have comprehended
lui avrebbe compreso	he would have comprehended
lei avrebbe compreso	she would have comprehended
noi avremmo compreso	we would have comprehended
voi avreste compreso	you would have comprehended
loro avrebbero compreso	they would have comprehended

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io comprenda	(... that) I comprehend
(... che) tu comprenda	(... that) you comprehend
(... che) lui comprenda	(... that) he comprehends
(... che) lei comprenda	(... that) she comprehends
(... che) noi comprendiamo	(... that) we comprehend
(... che) voi comprendiate	(... that) you comprehend
(... che) loro comprendano	(... that) they comprehend

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io comprendessi	(... that) I was comprehending
(... che) tu comprendessi	(... that) you were comprehending
(... che) lui comprendesse	(... that) he was comprehending
(... che) lei comprendesse	(... that) she was comprehending
(... che) noi comprendessimo	(... that) we were comprehending
(... che) voi comprendeste	(... that) you were comprehending
(... che) loro comprendessero	(... that) they were comprehending

Imperative		Scored
comprendi	Comprehend
comprendiamo	Let's comprehend
comprendete	Comprehend

Present Participle		Scored
comprendente	comprehending

Past Participle		Scored
compreso	comprehended

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