I underetood your mean mitakenly

[moseen]

Hello all,
If I want tell someone that I understood your mean mistakenly, How do I say?
which one is correct?
1. I understood your mean mistakenly.
2. I understood you mistakenly.
3. I misunderstood your mean.
4. I misunderstood you.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I misunderstood you/your meaning.

Note: the 'you' above is not followed by 'meaning'.

 

[teechar]

I misunderstood what you meant.

 

[moseen]

'You' does not work in that sentence.

why doesn't "you" work in that sentence?

 

[moseen]

I misunderstood what you meant.

is "I understood your mean mistakenly." incorrect?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I consider 'your mean' ungrammatical.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'You' does not work in that sentence.

In my post #2, I meant 'I misunderstood you' and 'I misunderstood your meaning' but not 'I misunderstood you meaning'.

 

[moseen]

Yes.

Can you please tell me that why? because noun cant be preceed by subject/object pronoun?

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Your' should be followed by 'meaning', a noun, rather than 'mean', a verb.

 

[moseen]

'Your' should be followed by 'meaning', a noun, rather than 'mean', a verb.

I am confuse, are "I understood your meaning" and "I understood you" correct?

 

[teechar]

The word "mean" can be a noun, but that has a completely different meaning. It can also be an adjective, by the way!

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