i understood vs I had understood

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I understood' is used to express that you have grasped something in the present or recent past, while 'I had understood' is used to indicate that you had grasped something before a specific point in the past.

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i understood

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that you have grasped something in the present or recent past.

You can use 'I understood' to convey that you have comprehended something at the moment or recently.

Examples:

I understood the instructions clearly.
After the explanation, I understood the concept better.

Alternatives:

I get it
I comprehend
I see what you mean
I follow
I see

I had understood

This phrase is correct and is used to indicate that you had grasped something before a specific point in the past.

'I had understood' is used when you want to express that you had comprehended something at a particular time in the past, often before another event occurred.

Examples:

I had understood the task before the meeting started.
By the time she arrived, I had understood the situation.

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Personally, I had understood that was her position.
Spread the main-sheet. I had understood spread the bedsheets.
I had understood it was 20 minutes.
Mr President, I had understood that a question was being asked, but one was not put to me.
I had understood the question perfectly.
I just wanted to listen, I had understood.
Madam President, I had understood that Mr Verheugen was going to give a full explanation of the interview that he gave to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
And what they taught us was that designing a checklist to help people handle complexity actually involves more difficulty than I had understood.
I had understood, I have not deluded.
Like the Commissioner, I had understood that the question was to do with road safety in developing countries, not EU Member States.
Indeed, I feared I had understood the meaning of your question correctly and that I would not have to hear the clarification you have given.
And he understood that I had understood.
I had understood it to refer to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, but we ourselves asked for 'interference' and I use the word in its positive sense.
I presume that there was a translation error, as I had understood them to be parts of the compromise that people were unable to support.
I had understood the Tribune to be a sacred office with the power of veto over the Senate.
I had understood from Mr Kinnock that the ship was in fact being inspected in a Portuguese port and that this inspection had taken place in the presence of Community inspectors.
My apologies, Madam President, but having read the resolution I had understood that it was directed primarily at President Ramos and not at the European Commission in its request for support.
I had understood it was until 8 p.m., but, as I have already said, you have the chair and it is up to you to decide what I should do, so I shall continue.
I liked showing of. I had understood that.
What? 14th 00:02:39,007 - > 00:02:44,001 He believed that she was not Italian, but instead I had understood immediately.

Alternatives:

I had comprehended
I had grasped
I had realized
I had perceived
I had apprehended

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