« to understand » en sept langues
Sensto understand
Espagnol
/entenˈdeɾ/
autre source · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Comprender is also everyday Spanish.
Français
/kɔ̃pʁɑ̃dʁ/
héréditaire
Italien
/kaˈpire/
autre source · Latin CAPERE 'to take, seize; to hold', moved to the -ire class
Comprendere also exists but is more formal.
Portugais
/ẽtẽˈdeh/
autre source · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Compreender, the COMPREHENDERE word, is also common.
Roumain
/ɨntseˈledʒe/
autre source · Latin INTELLEGERE 'to understand'
Catalan
/ənˈtɛndɾə/
autre source · Latin INTENDERE 'to direct one's mind toward'
Comprendre, the COMPREHENDERE word, is also common.
Anglais
/ʌndɚˈstænd/
anglais natif · Old English understandan
Attention : faux amis
entendre (Français) signifie « to hear » · entender (Espagnol) signifie « to understand »
Both from Latin INTENDERE 'to direct (the mind) toward'. French shifted to hearing, keeping 'understand' only in phrases (laisser entendre, bien entendu); Spanish kept understanding.
L’ancêtre latin
COMPREHENDERE (spoken COMPRENDERE)‘to grasp together’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
All three understand by grasping or reaching: French comprendre 'to take together', Italian capire 'to take in', Spanish entender 'to stretch the mind toward'. Spanish entender and French entendre are the same verb with different jobs.
Parents anglais: comprehend (COMPREHENDERE); capable, capacity, capture (CAPERE); intend (INTENDERE)
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esNo entiendo.
- frJe ne comprends pas.
- itNon capisco.
- ptNão entendo.
- roNu înțeleg.
- caNo ho entenc.
- enI don't understand.