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French verbs ending in tenir

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All French verbs that end in tenir are conjugated the same way:

s'abstenir   to refrain, abstain from

appartenir   to belong to

contenir   to contain

détenir   to detain

entretenir   to look after, support, foster, keep alive

maintenir   to maintain

obtenir   to obtain

retenir   to retain

soutenir   to support

tenir   to hold, keep


Verbs that end in venir follow the same conjugation pattern, except that most of them need être as the auxiliary verb.

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