Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb entretenir

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

entretenir 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'entretins	I maintained
tu entretins	you maintained
il entretint	he maintained
elle entretint	she maintained
nous entretînmes	we maintained
vous entretîntes	you maintained
ils entretinrent	they maintained
elles entretinrent	they maintained

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