Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne understands the chemistry of fragrance better than almost anyone alive, even without the benefit of a functioning nose.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The Delavigne Corporation staff is starting to understand why their CEO insists on holding board meetings in Pamplona every July.
Indicative Past (simple): Horatio Oléré understood immediately why Bruno wept the first time he returned to Montmartre after his grandfather Xavier's death.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was finally understanding the subtle art of reading ocean waves when his surfing instructor called it a day.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The noseless perfumer has never truly understood how his colleagues can smell a new fragrance and remain emotionally unmoved.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Environmental activists have been trying to understand how the Delavigne Corporation manages to run such a clean production line, and Bruno has been happy to explain.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Bruno expanded his grandfather's tiny Montmartre shop into a global empire, he had understood that loyalty to Xavier's vision was non-negotiable.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: Horatio had been trying to understand Bruno's surreal business decisions for years before he simply accepted them as part of the job.
Indicative Future: The grandson of Xavier will understand the full weight of his legacy only when he stands in the ruins of the old Montmartre shop one last time.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: This time next year, a new generation of Delavigne Corporation interns will be understanding just how demanding — and fascinating — a noseless boss can be.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of the fragrance fire prevention conference, Bruno will have understood whether the industry is finally taking safety seriously.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time he paddles in from his morning surf, the CEO will have been trying to understand his accountant's latest report for a full three hours.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would understand the appeal of a quiet retirement if Horatio Oléré weren't always dragging him toward the next great adventure.
Conditional Progressive: Were it not for the language course he is taking, the bull-runner would still be understanding almost nothing of the local Pamplona dialect.
Conditional Perfect: The San Francisco surfer would have understood his instructor's hand signals much sooner if the waves hadn't kept swallowing him whole.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without Horatio's patient explanations, Bruno would have been trying to understand the new corporate tax code entirely on his own — a terrifying thought for all involved.
Imperative Imperative: « Understand this, Horatio: no one lights a candle near the test fragrances — grandfather Xavier's accident taught us that lesson once and for all, » said Bruno.
Translation
Français
comprendre
Deutsch
verstehen
Español
entender
Italiano
capire
Português
compreender
Nederlands
begrijpen
中文
理解，了解
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