Daily Verb Lesson: French for contain is contenir
The French for contain is the irregular IR verb contenir.To remember this, imagine the CONTAINER does CONTAIN TEN EARS!
Contenir can also mean: to hold, to accommodate, to stop.
Related words include:
- le conteneur (nm) : container.
- se contenir (vr) : to contain oneself; to soldier on.
Most verbs ending in -enir take avoir in the compound tenses, except venir and its compounds e.g. advenir, which take être.
Verbs conjugated like tenir include: contenir, maintenir, soutenir.
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Imagine the container does CONTAIN\ TEN EARS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent contain |
contiens | contiens | contient | contenons | contenez | contiennent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait contained |
contenais | contenais | contenait | contenions | conteniez | contenaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple contained |
contins | contins | contint | contînmes | contîntes | continrent |
| Future Futur will contain |
contiendrai | contiendras | contiendra | contiendrons | contiendrez | contiendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would contain |
contiendrais | contiendrais | contiendrait | contiendrions | contiendriez | contiendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may contain |
contienne | contiennes | contienne | contenions | conteniez | contiennent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have contained |
ai contenu | as contenu | a contemu | avons contenu | avez contenu | ont contenu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had contained |
avais contenu | avais contenu | avait contenu | avions contenu | aviez contenu | avaient contenu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have contained |
aurai contenu | auras contenu | aura contenu | aurons contenu | aurez contenu | auront contenu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have contained |
aurais contenu | aurais contenu | aurait contenu | aurion contenu | auriez contenu | auraient contenu |
| Imperative Imperatif contain! |
contiens ! | contenons ! | contenez ! | |||
✔ contenir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn contenir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the IR verbs' conjugation patterns.
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