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Daily Verb Lesson: French for maintain is maintenir

The French for maintain is the irregular IR verb maintenir. To remember this, imagine the MAINTENANCE man does MAINTAIN TEN EARS!
Maintenir can also mean: to keep, to keep up; to support.
Related words include:
  - se maintenir (vr) : to persist, to hold (ie steady), to remain (ie in power).
  - la maintenance (nf) : maintenance, care.
  - le maintien (nm) : maintening, support; deportment, carriage, behaviour.
  - bon maintien : good shape.
Most verbs ending in -enir take avoir in the compound tenses, except venir and its compounds e.g. advenir, which take être. Verbs conjugated like tenir include: contenir, maintenir, soutenir.
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           to maintain : maintenir
Imagine the MAINTENANCE man does
MAINTAIN TEN EARS!
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE maintenir
Simple Tenses maintenir    Present Participle: maintenant
TENSE
je/j'
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent

maintain
maintiens maintiens maintient maintenons maintenez maintiennent
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
maintained
maintenais maintenais maintenait maintenions mainteniez maintenaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple

maintained
maintins maintins maintint maintînmes maintîntes maintinrent
Future
Futur

will maintain
maintiendrai maintiendras maintiendra maintiendrons maintiendrez maintiendront
Conditional
Conditionnel

would maintain
maintiendrais maintiendrais maintiendrait maintiendrions maintiendriez maintiendraient
Present Subjunctive
Subjonctif

may maintain
maintienne maintiennes maintienne maintenions mainteniez maintiennent
Compound Tenses maintenir     Past Participle: maintenu
Present Perfect
Passé Composé

have maintained
ai maintenu as maintenu a maintemu avons maintenu avez maintenu ont maintenu
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait

had maintained
avais maintenu avais maintenu avait maintenu avions maintenu aviez maintenu avaient maintenu
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur

will have maintained
aurai maintenu auras maintenu aura maintenu aurons maintenu aurez maintenu auront maintenu
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé

would have maintained
aurais maintenu aurais maintenu aurait maintenu aurion maintenu auriez maintenu auraient maintenu
Imperative
Imperatif

maintain!
maintiens ! maintenons ! maintenez !
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