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Contenir - to contain

Simple conjugations for the irregular French verb contenir

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French verb conjugator > contenir

  Present   Future   Imperfect   Present participle
je contiens contiendrai contenais contenant
tu contiens contiendras contenais  
il contient contiendra contenait Passé composé
nous  contenons contiendrons contenions    Auxiliary verb avoir
vous contenez contiendrez conteniez    Past participle  contenu
ils contiennent contiendront contenaient  
 
  Subjunctive   Conditional    Passé simple   Imperfect subjunctive
je contienne contiendrais contins continsse
tu contiennes contiendrais contins continsses
il contienne contiendrait contint contînt
nous contenions contiendrions contînmes continssions
vous conteniez contiendriez contîntes continssiez
ils contiennent contiendraient continrent continssent
 
  Imperative  
(tu) contiens   Verb conjugation pattern  Contenir is an irregular verb

All French verbs ending in -venir and -tenir are conjugated this way.
(nous)  contenons   
(vous) contenez  

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