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Conjugation of the Italian verb mantenere

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb mantenere, along with their English translations.

mantenere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
mantenere	to maintain

Present		Scored
io mantengo	I maintain
tu mantieni	you maintain
lui mantiene	he maintains
lei mantiene	she maintains
noi manteniamo	we maintain
voi mantenete	you maintain
loro mantengono	they maintain

Imperfect		Scored
io mantenevo	I was maintaining
tu mantenevi	you were maintaining
lui manteneva	he was maintaining
lei manteneva	she was maintaining
noi mantenevamo	we were maintaining
voi mantenevate	you were maintaining
loro mantenevano	they were maintaining

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io mantenni	I maintained
tu mantenesti	you maintained
lui mantenne	he maintained
lei mantenne	she maintained
noi mantenemmo	we maintained
voi manteneste	you maintained
loro mantennero	they maintained

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho mantenuto	I maintained
tu hai mantenuto	you maintained
lui ha mantenuto	he maintained
lei ha mantenuto	she maintained
noi abbiamo mantenuto	we maintained
voi avete mantenuto	you maintained
loro hanno mantenuto	they maintained

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo mantenuto	I had maintained
tu avevi mantenuto	you had maintained
lui aveva mantenuto	he had maintained
lei aveva mantenuto	she had maintained
noi avevamo mantenuto	we had maintained
voi avevate mantenuto	you had maintained
loro avevano mantenuto	they had maintained

Future		Scored
io manterrò	I will maintain
tu manterrai	you will maintain
lui manterrà	he will maintain
lei manterrà	she will maintain
noi manterremo	we will maintain
voi manterrete	you will maintain
loro manterranno	they will maintain

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò mantenuto	I will have maintained
tu avrai mantenuto	you will have maintained
lui avrà mantenuto	he will have maintained
lei avrà mantenuto	she will have maintained
noi avremo mantenuto	we will have maintained
voi avrete mantenuto	you will have maintained
loro avranno mantenuto	they will have maintained

Conditional		Scored
io manterrei	I would maintain
tu manterresti	you would maintain
lui manterrebbe	he would maintain
lei manterrebbe	she would maintain
noi manterremmo	we would maintain
voi manterreste	you would maintain
loro manterrebbero	they would maintain

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei mantenuto	I would have maintained
tu avresti mantenuto	you would have maintained
lui avrebbe mantenuto	he would have maintained
lei avrebbe mantenuto	she would have maintained
noi avremmo mantenuto	we would have maintained
voi avreste mantenuto	you would have maintained
loro avrebbero mantenuto	they would have maintained

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io mantenga	(... that) I maintain
(... che) tu mantenga	(... that) you maintain
(... che) lui mantenga	(... that) he maintains
(... che) lei mantenga	(... that) she maintains
(... che) noi manteniamo	(... that) we maintain
(... che) voi manteniate	(... that) you maintain
(... che) loro mantengano	(... that) they maintain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io mantenessi	(... that) I was maintaining
(... che) tu mantenessi	(... that) you were maintaining
(... che) lui mantenesse	(... that) he was maintaining
(... che) lei mantenesse	(... that) she was maintaining
(... che) noi mantenessimo	(... that) we were maintaining
(... che) voi manteneste	(... that) you were maintaining
(... che) loro mantenessero	(... that) they were maintaining

Imperative		Scored
mantieni	Maintain
manteniamo	Let's maintain
mantenete	Maintain

Present Participle		Scored
mantenente	maintaining

Past Participle		Scored
mantenuto	maintained

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