Entender Conjugation: Free Spanish Lesson and PDF

Are you ready to understand the entender conjugation?

This Spanish verb means “to understand.” Its other English translations include “to see,” “to follow,” and “to get.”  

Entender conjugation is stem-changing. In many of the forms, the e changes to ie. For example:

Tú me entiendes.
You get me.

Today, you’ll learn the entender conjugation in three moods:

• indicative mood
• subjunctive mood
• imperative mood

Keep reading to catch on to entender conjugation!

The Ultimate Guide to Entender Conjugation

Next, you’ll see different entender conjugation forms and example sentences. Let’s learn!

Entender Conjugation: Indicative Mood

Present Simple

Note that the only non-stem changer in this entender conjugation set is for nosotros.

¿Entiendes lo que te digo?
Do you understand what I’m saying?

Él no entiende el problema.
He doesn’t understand the problem.

Nos entendemos muy bien.
We understand each other very well.

Past Simple 

No entendí la tarea.
I didn’t understand the homework.

Karla entendió la pregunta del examen.
Karla understood the question on the exam.

Perdón, no entendimos qué debemos hacer.
Sorry, we didn’t understand what to do.

Past Imperfect 

Cuando era pequeño no entendía cómo los magos hacían magia. Ahora entiendo que hacen trucos. 
When I was little I didn’t understand how magicians did magic. Now I understand that they do tricks.

¿Recuerdas cuando te despertaste de la cirugía? Estabas confundida y no entendías nada.
Do you remember when you woke up from surgery? You were confused and didn’t understand anything.

Hace unas semanas no entendíamos estos temas en matemáticas, pero hora ya lo hacemos.
A few weeks ago we didn’t understand these topics in math, but now we do.

Ellos no entendían lo que pasaba. 
They didn’t understand what was happening.

Conditional

No puedo contarte, no creo que entenderías la situación.
I can’t tell you, I don’t think you would understand the situation.

Estoy segura de que si le explicas por qué te enojaste, él lo entendería. 
I’m sure if you explained why you got angry, he would understand.

Entenderíamos mejor si nos explicaras paso a paso el procedimiento.
We would understand better if you explained the procedure step by step.

Future simple

Me pregunto si algún día entenderé ese libro.
I wonder if one day I will understand that book.

Ella entenderá tu razón.
She’ll understand your reason.

Jamás entenderemos cómo hiciste ese truco de magia.
We will never understand how you did that magic trick.

Entender Conjugation: Subjunctive Mood

Present Subjunctive

Ojalá entienda la explicación de hoy.
Hopefully I’ll understand today’s explanation.

No creo que entiendas la película; está en francés.   
I don’t think you’ll understand the movie; it’s in French.

Nos quedaremos aquí hasta que entendamos lo que está pasando.
We will stay here until we understand what is going on.

Escribí la carta con mi mejor letra para que entiendan lo que dice.
I wrote the letter in my best handwriting so that they understand what it says.

Past Subjunctive

Si entendieras cuánto te amo, serías más feliz.
If you understood how much I love you, you would be happier.

Me gustaría que entendiéramos todos los idiomas del mundo.  
I would like us to understand all the languages of the world.

Ojalá entendieran lo importante que esto es para mí.
I wish they understood how important this is to me.

There are other four subjunctive tenses for entender conjugation: present perfect, past perfect, future, and future perfect. However, the future and the future perfect are rarely used (almost never); and the present and past subjunctive tenses in the tables above are the most common ones.  

Entender Conjugation: Imperative Mood

Always use the imperative mood to give orders or commands. 

Entiende que es hora de irnos.
Understand that it’s time to go.

¡Deja que él entienda sus errores! 
Let him understand his mistakes!

Es hora de que entendamos qué fue lo que ocurrió aquel día. 
It is time for us to understand what happened that day.

Amazing! Now, let’s practice what you learned.

Entender Conjugation Exercises

Check your knowledge of entender conjugation with the following exercises! Note there’s an answer key below so that you can check your answers.

Exercise 1

Identify the tense and pronoun of each entender conjugation.

1. Entendió

2. Entenderán

3. Entiendes

4. Entenderían

5. Entienda

Exercise 2

Conjugate entender in the tense given.

1. Usted – future

2. Ellos – past simple

3. Tú – imperative, negative

4. Nosotros – present simple

5. Yo – conditional

Exercise 3

Fill in the blank with the correct form of entender.

1. Nosotros nunca _____________ las explicaciones de la maestra. (present simple)

2. Me alegra que ella finalmente ___________ el problema de matemática. (past subjunctive)

3. ¿Te acuerdas cuando no ________ español? (tú, past imperfect)

4. Algún día __________  otro idioma. (yo, future simple)

5. Ojalá algún día ustedes____________ mis sentimientos. (present subjunctive) 

Exercise 4

Translate the following sentences to English.

1. ¿Entendiste lo que él quiso decir?

2. Ustedes siempre entienden muy bien, felicitaciones.

3. ¿Crees que ellos sean capaces de entender lo que está pasando?

4. ¿Entiendes lo que el maestro está explicando? Porque yo no.

5. ¿Entendiste las instrucciones?

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Answer Key 

Exercise 1

1: él/ella/usted – past simple, 2: ellos/ellas/ustedes – future, 3: tú – present simple, 4: ellos/ellas/ustedes – conditional, 5: yo/él/ella/usted – present subjunctive

Exercise 2

1: entenderá, 2: entendieron, 3: no entiendas, 4: entendemos, 5: entendería

Exercise 3

1: entendemos, 2: entendiera, 3: entendías, 4: entenderé, 5: entiendan

Exercise 4

1: Did you understand what he/she meant? 2: You guys always understand very well, congratulations. 3: Do you think they’re going to be able to understand what’s happening?  4: Do you understand what the teacher is explaining? Because I don’t. 5. Did you understand the instructions?

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