comprender Conditional Conjugation
comprender — understand
The conditional of comprender is regular: comprendería, comprenderías, comprendería, comprenderíamos, comprenderíais, comprenderían.
comprender Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say someone 'would understand' under certain circumstances, or to make a polite guess about a past situation.
Notes on comprender in the Conditional
Comprender is regular in the conditional. Like the imperfect, every form features an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
Yo comprendería tu postura si me la explicaras.
I would understand your position if you explained it to me.
yo
¿Comprenderían ellos si les contamos la verdad?
Would they understand if we tell them the truth?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros comprenderíamos mejor con un ejemplo.
We would understand better with an example.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the future instead of conditional for 'would'.
Correct: Use the conditional (-ía endings).
Why: English uses 'will' for future and 'would' for conditional; Spanish uses -ré and -ría respectively.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: comprendo
Comprender is a regular -er verb in the present: comprendo, comprendes, comprende, comprendemos, comprendéis, comprenden.
Preterite
yo: comprendí
The preterite of comprender is regular: comprendí, comprendiste, comprendió, comprendimos, comprendisteis, comprendieron.
Imperfect
yo: comprendía
Comprender is regular in the imperfect: comprendía, comprendías, comprendía, comprendíamos, comprendíais, comprendían.
Future
yo: comprenderé
The future of comprender uses the full infinitive as the stem: comprenderé, comprenderás, comprenderá, comprenderemos, comprenderéis, comprenderán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: comprenda
The present subjunctive of comprender uses -a endings: comprenda, comprendas, comprenda, comprendamos, comprendáis, comprendan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: comprendiera
The imperfect subjunctive of comprender uses the preterite stem: comprendiera, comprendieras, comprendiera, comprendiéramos, comprendierais, comprendieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: comprende
The imperative of comprender varies by person: comprende (tú), comprenda (usted), comprendamos (nosotros), comprended (vosotros), comprendan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no comprendas
The negative imperative of comprender uses the present subjunctive: no comprendas, no comprenda, no comprendamos, no comprendáis, no comprendan.