They never understood in Russian 🇷🇺

никогда не понимали info.

Tips to Remember the Russian Word:
– никогда: You can remember "никогда" (never) by splitting it into "ни" (ni) and "когда" (kogda). "Когда" means "when," and "ни" can be remembered as "not" or "no." So, "никогда" translates to "not ever" or "never".
– понимали: This is the past tense of "понимать" (to understand). Breakdown: "по" is a common prefix, "ним" sounds like "nema" which can remind you of "name" (which you need to understand), and "али" is a common verb ending in past tense plural.

Explanations:
– "никогда не понимали" literally means "never did understand."
– It's in the past tense and imperfective aspect, showing that the action continued/was repeated in the past but is no longer happening or was never concluded.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– Не понимали (did not understand)
– Не осознавали (did not realize)

Different Conjugations of "понимать":
– Infinitive: понимать (ponimat')

Past Tense:
– я понимал/понимала (ya ponimal/ponimala) – I (male/female) understood
– ты понимал/понимала (ty ponimal/ponimala) – you (informal, male/female) understood
– он понимал (on ponimal) – he understood
– она понимала (ona ponimala) – she understood
– оно понимало (ono ponimalo) – it understood
– мы понимали (my ponimali) – we understood
– вы понимали (vy ponimali) – you (formal/plural) understood
– они понимали (oni ponimali) – they understood

Present Tense:
– я понимаю (ya ponimayu) – I understand
– ты понимаешь (ty ponimayesh') – you (informal) understand
– он/она/оно понимает (on/ona/ono ponimayet) – he/she/it understands
– мы понимаем (my ponimayem) – we understand
– вы понимаете (vy ponimayete) – you (formal/plural) understand
– они понимают (oni ponimayut) – they understand

Future Tense:
(Using imperfective aspect)
– я буду понимать (ya budu ponimat') – I will understand
– ты будешь понимать (ty budesh' ponimat') – you (informal) will understand
– он/она/оно будет понимать (on/ona/ono budet ponimat') – he/she/it will understand
– мы будем понимать (my budem ponimat') – we will understand
– вы будете понимать (vy budete ponimat') – you (formal/plural) will understand
– они будут понимать (oni budut ponimat') – they will understand

Examples of Sentences Using It:
– Они никогда не понимали математику. (Oni nikogda ne ponimali matematiku.) – They never understood mathematics.
– Мы никогда не понимали друг друга. (My nikogda ne ponimali drug druga.) – We never understood each other.

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