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Conjugation of the French verb entretenir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb entretenir, along with their English translations.

entretenir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
entretenir	to maintain

Present		Scored
j'entretiens	I maintain
tu entretiens	you maintain
il entretient	he maintains
elle entretient	she maintains
nous entretenons	we maintain
vous entretenez	you maintain
ils entretiennent	they maintain
elles entretiennent	they maintain

Imperfect		Scored
j'entretenais	I was maintaining
tu entretenais	you were maintaining
il entretenait	he was maintaining
elle entretenait	she was maintaining
nous entretenions	we were maintaining
vous entreteniez	you were maintaining
ils entretenaient	they were maintaining
elles entretenaient	they 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'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

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai entretenu	I have maintained
tu as entretenu	you have maintained
il a entretenu	he has maintained
elle a entretenu	she has maintained
nous avons entretenu	we have maintained
vous avez entretenu	you have maintained
ils ont entretenu	they have maintained
elles ont entretenu	they have maintained

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais entretenu	I had maintained
tu avais entretenu	you had maintained
il avait entretenu	he had maintained
elle avait entretenu	she had maintained
nous avions entretenu	we had maintained
vous aviez entretenu	you had maintained
ils avaient entretenu	they had maintained
elles avaient entretenu	they had maintained

Future		Scored
j'entretiendrai	I will maintain
tu entretiendras	you will maintain
il entretiendra	he will maintain
elle entretiendra	she will maintain
nous entretiendrons	we will maintain
vous entretiendrez	you will maintain
ils entretiendront	they will maintain
elles entretiendront	they will maintain

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai entretenu	I will have maintained
tu auras entretenu	you will have maintained
il aura entretenu	he will have maintained
elle aura entretenu	she will have maintained
nous aurons entretenu	we will have maintained
vous aurez entretenu	you will have maintained
ils auront entretenu	they will have maintained
elles auront entretenu	they will have maintained

Conditional		Scored
j'entretiendrais	I would maintain
tu entretiendrais	you would maintain
il entretiendrait	he would maintain
elle entretiendrait	she would maintain
nous entretiendrions	we would maintain
vous entretiendriez	you would maintain
ils entretiendraient	they would maintain
elles entretiendraient	they would maintain

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais entretenu	I would have maintained
tu aurais entretenu	you would have maintained
il aurait entretenu	he would have maintained
elle aurait entretenu	she would have maintained
nous aurions entretenu	we would have maintained
vous auriez entretenu	you would have maintained
ils auraient entretenu	they would have maintained
elles auraient entretenu	they would have maintained

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'entretienne	(... that) I maintain
(... que) tu entretiennes	(... that) you maintain
(... que) il entretienne	(... that) he maintains
(... que) elle entretienne	(... that) she maintains
(... que) nous entretenions	(... that) we maintain
(... que) vous entreteniez	(... that) you maintain
(... que) ils entretiennent	(... that) they maintain
(... que) elles entretiennent	(... that) they maintain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'entretinsse	(... that) I was maintaining
(... que) tu entretinsses	(... that) you were maintaining
(... que) il entretînt	(... that) he was maintaining
(... que) elle entretînt	(... that) she was maintaining
(... que) nous entretinssions	(... that) we were maintaining
(... que) vous entretinssiez	(... that) you were maintaining
(... que) ils entretinssent	(... that) they were maintaining
(... que) elles entretinssent	(... that) they were maintaining

Imperative		Scored
entretiens	Maintain
entretenons	Let's maintain
entretenez	Maintain

Present Participle		Scored
entretenant	maintaining

Past Participle		Scored
entretenu	maintained

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