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tenir to have; to hold; to keep

tenir is the #240 most common word in French, a verb. It means “to have; to hold; to keep” and is pronounced /tə.niʁ/.

#240frequency rank
0.05%of everyday French text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of tenir

FormWhat it isMeaning
tenirinfinitiveto have
tenant-ing formhaving
tenupast participlehad
tiensI · presentI have
tiensyou · presentyou have
tienthe/she · presenthe/she has
tenonswe · presentwe have
tenezyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) have
tiennentthey · presentthey have
tenaisI · imperfectI used to have
tenaisyou · imperfectyou used to have
tenaithe/she · imperfecthe/she used to have
tenionswe · imperfectwe used to have
teniezyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to have
tenaientthey · imperfectthey used to have
tinsI · pastI had
tinsyou · pastyou had
tinthe/she · pasthe/she had
tînmeswe · pastwe had
tîntesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) had
tinrentthey · pastthey had
tiendraiI · futureI will have
tiendrasyou · futureyou will have
tiendrahe/she · futurehe/she will have
tiendronswe · futurewe will have
tiendrezyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will have
tiendrontthey · futurethey will have
tiendraisI · conditionalI would have
tiendraisyou · conditionalyou would have
tiendraithe/she · conditionalhe/she would have
tiendrionswe · conditionalwe would have
tiendriezyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would have
tiendraientthey · conditionalthey would have
tienneI · subjunctive present(that) I have
tiennesyou · subjunctive present(that) you have
tiennehe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she have
tenionswe · subjunctive present(that) we have
teniezyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) have
tiennentthey · subjunctive present(that) they have
tinsseI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I had
tinssesyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you had
tînthe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she had
tinssionswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we had
tinssiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) had
tinssentthey · subjunctive imperfect(if) they had
tiensyou · commandhave!
tenonswe · commandhave! (to several)
tenezyou (pl.) · commandhave! (to several)

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