comprender Future Conjugation
comprender — understand
The future of comprender uses the full infinitive as the stem: comprenderé, comprenderás, comprenderá, comprenderemos, comprenderéis, comprenderán.
comprender Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this tense to express that someone will understand something later, or to make a guess about whether someone understands something right now.
Notes on comprender in the Future
Comprender is regular in the future tense. Simply add the standard future endings to the infinitive.
Example Sentences
Algún día comprenderás mis motivos.
Someday you will understand my motives.
tú
Con el tiempo, ella comprenderá que fue lo mejor.
With time, she will understand that it was for the best.
él/ella/usted
Pronto comprenderemos cómo funciona el sistema.
Soon we will understand how the system works.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: comprenderemos with an accent
Correct: comprenderemos
Why: The 'nosotros' form is the only one in the future indicative that does not take a written accent.
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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.
Conditional
yo: comprendería
The conditional of comprender is regular: comprendería, comprenderías, comprendería, comprenderíamos, comprenderíais, comprenderían.
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.