Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb obtenir

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb obtenir, along with their English translations.

obtenir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'obtins	I got
tu obtins	you got
il obtint	he got
elle obtint	she got
nous obtînmes	we got
vous obtîntes	you got
ils obtinrent	they got
elles obtinrent	they got

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