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French Verb Conjugator

Retenir - To retain

Simple conjugations for the French verb retenir

Présent
 
Subjonctif
 
je retiens nous retenons    je retienne nous retenions
tu retiens vous retenez tu retiennes vous reteniez
il  retient ils  retiennent il  retienne ils  retiennent
   
   
Passé composé
 
Impératif
 
Auxiliary verb avoir (tu) retiens
Past participle  retenu (nous) retenons
Present participle retenant (vous) retenez
   
   
Imparfait
 
Passé simple
 
je retenais nous retenions je retins nous retînmes
tu retenais vous reteniez tu retins vous retîntes
il  retenait ils  retenaient il  retint ils  retinrent
 
 
Futur
 
Conditionnel
 
je retiendrai nous retiendrons je retiendrais  nous retiendrions
tu retiendras vous retiendrez tu retiendrais  vous retiendriez
il  retiendra ils  retiendront il  retiendrait ils  retiendraient

  

Verb conjugation group

s'abstenir - to refrain, abstain from
appartenir - to belong to
circonvenir - to circumvent, get around
contenir - to contain
détenir - to hold, be in possession of
entretenir - to look after, support, foster, keep alive
maintenir - to maintain
obtenir - to obtain
prévenir - to warn, prevent
retenir - to retain
soutenir - to support
subvenir - to provide for
tenir - to hold, keep

Note that the conjugations for venir and most of its derivatives are identical, except those verbs take être as the auxiliary while these take avoir.

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