Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb retenir

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

retenir 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 retins	I withheld
tu retins	you withheld
il retint	he withheld
elle retint	she withheld
nous retînmes	we withheld
vous retîntes	you withheld
ils retinrent	they withheld
elles retinrent	they withheld

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