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Past of the French verb entretenir

The past tense conjugations for the French verb entretenir, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'entretenaisI was maintaining
tu entretenaisyou were maintaining
il entretenaithe was maintaining
elle entretenaitshe was maintaining
nous entretenionswe were maintaining
vous entreteniezyou were maintaining
ils entretenaientthey were maintaining
elles entretenaientthey were maintaining

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'entretinsI maintained
tu entretinsyou maintained
il entretinthe maintained
elle entretintshe maintained
nous entretînmeswe maintained
vous entretîntesyou maintained
ils entretinrentthey maintained
elles entretinrentthey maintained

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai entretenuI have maintained
tu as entretenuyou have maintained
il a entretenuhe has maintained
elle a entretenushe has maintained
nous avons entretenuwe have maintained
vous avez entretenuyou have maintained
ils ont entretenuthey have maintained
elles ont entretenuthey have maintained

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