Daily Verb Lesson: French for hold is tenir
The French for hold is the irregular IR verb tenir.To remember this, imagine you hold five rabbits by their TEN EARS!
Tenir can also mean: to keep: occupy; to stay in place/tidy/in; to hold out, to hang on.
Related words include:
- tenir à : to like, to be fond of.
- tenir de : to take after; to border on.
- se tenir (vr) : to hold (on).
- Tiens! (exp) : Oh!
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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Imagine you hold five rabbits by their TEN EARS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent hold |
tiens | tiens | tient | tenons | tenez | tiennent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait holded |
tenais | tenais | tenait | tenions | teniez | tenaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple holded |
tins | tins | tint | tînmes | tîntes | tinrent |
| Future Futur will hold |
tiendrai | tiendras | tiendra | tiendrons | tiendrez | tiendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would hold |
tiendrais | tiendrais | tiendrait | tiendrions | tiendriez | tiendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may hold |
tienne | tiennes | tienne | tenions | teniez | tiennent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have held |
ai tenu | as tenu | a temu | avons tenu | avez tenu | ont tenu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had held |
avais tenu | avais tenu | avait tenu | avions tenu | aviez tenu | avaient tenu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have held |
aurai tenu | auras tenu | aura tenu | aurons tenu | aurez tenu | auront tenu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have held |
aurais tenu | aurais tenu | aurait tenu | aurion tenu | auriez tenu | auraient tenu |
| Imperative Imperatif hold! |
tiens! | tenons! | tenez! | |||
✔ tenir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn tenir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the IR verbs' conjugation patterns.
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