| Present | Future | Imperfect | Present participle | |||||
| je | tiens | tiendrai | tenais | tenant | ||||
| tu | tiens | tiendras | tenais | |||||
| il | tient | tiendra | tenait | Passé composé | ||||
| nous | tenons | tiendrons | tenions | Auxiliary verb | avoir | |||
| vous | tenez | tiendrez | teniez | Past participle | tenu | |||
| ils | tiennent | tiendront | tenaient | |||||
| Subjunctive | Conditional | Passé simple | Imperfect subjunctive | |||||
| je | tienne | tiendrais | tins | tinsse | ||||
| tu | tiennes | tiendrais | tins | tinsses | ||||
| il | tienne | tiendrait | tint | tînt | ||||
| nous | tenions | tiendrions | tînmes | tinssions | ||||
| vous | teniez | tiendriez | tîntes | tinssiez | ||||
| ils | tiennent | tiendraient | tinrent | tinssent | ||||
| Imperative | ||||||||
| (tu) | tiens | Verb conjugation pattern Tenir is an irregular verb All French verbs ending in -venir and -tenir are conjugated this way. Using tenir Expressions with tenir | ||||||
| (nous) | tenons | |||||||
| (vous) | tenez | |||||||
Tenir - to hold, keep
Simple conjugations for the irregular French verb tenir
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