Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb contenir

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

contenir 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
je contins	I contained
tu contins	you contained
il contint	he contained
elle contint	she contained
nous contînmes	we contained
vous contîntes	you contained
ils continrent	they contained
elles continrent	they contained

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