From Old Occitan, from Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō. Numerous cognates include Spanish tener, Catalan tenir, tindre, and French tenir.
téner
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | téner | aver tengut | |||||
gerund | tenent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | tengut | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | teni | tenes | ten | tenèm | tenètz | tenon | |
imperfect | teniái | teniás | teniá | teniam | teniatz | tenián | |
preterite | tenguèri | tenguères | tenguèt | tenguèrem | tenguèretz | tenguèron | |
future | tendrai | tendràs | tendrà | tendrem | tendretz | tendràn | |
conditional | tendriái | tendriás | tendriá | tendriam | tendriatz | tendrián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | |||||||
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | tenga | tengas | tenga | tengam | tengatz | tengan | |
imperfect | tenguèsse | tenguèsses | tenguèsse | tenguèssem | tenguèssetz | tenguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
tèni | tengam | tenètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||