Usage examples of "à comprendre" in French with translation to English

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Ce roman est difficile à comprendre. This novel is difficult to understand.
Je n'arrivais pas à comprendre sa blague. I couldn't understand his joke.
Les vrais artistes ne méprisent rien ; ils s'obligent à comprendre au lieu de juger. True artists scorn nothing; they force themselves to understand instead of judging.
Peu à peu je commençais à comprendre le sens profond de ses paroles. Gradually the true meaning of what he said began to dawn on me.
As-tu des difficultés à comprendre ce que te disent les femmes ou les petits enfants ? Do you have difficulty understanding what women or small children say to you?
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment re-transférer mes fichiers MP3 depuis mon iPod vers mon ordinateur. I can't figure out how to transfer MP3 files from my iPod back to my computer.
Je commence à comprendre. I am beginning to understand.
Les personnes âgées ont des difficultés à comprendre la technologie moderne. Old people have difficulty understanding modern technology.
Il n'y a pas de forme de prose plus difficile à comprendre et plus ennuyeuse à lire qu'un article scientifique ordinaire. There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment faire fonctionner cet engin. I can't figure out how to operate this machine.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi elle ne m'aime plus. I can't understand why she doesn't love me any more.
Tom a du mal à comprendre ce concept. Tom struggles with this concept.
Dès que j'arrive à comprendre comment envoyer de l'argent, je vous en enverrai. As soon as I can figure out how to send money, I'll send you some.
À mon premier cours de C, je n'arrivais pas à comprendre le moindre truc en classe. Dieu merci j'ai obtenu d'un ami programmeur qu'il m'explique comment tout le machin fonctionnait. When I first took a C course, I couldn't understand a single thing explained in class. Thank God I got a friend of mine who's a programmer to explain to me how the whole caboodle works.
Ce livre est trop difficile à comprendre. This book is too difficult to understand.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment télécharger une image. I can't figure out how to upload an image.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre ses sentiments. I can't understand his feelings.
Tu es prévenant, mais ne penses-tu pas que tu pourrais travailler un peu à comprendre les subtilités de l'âme humaine ? You're considerate, but don't you think you should work a little more at understanding the subtleties of the human mind?
Marque les mots que tu n'arrives pas à comprendre. Mark the words that you cannot understand.
Au début, je n'arrivais pas à comprendre ce qu'il disait. At first, I couldn't understand what he said.
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