Daily Verb Lesson: French for maintain is maintenir
The French for maintain is the irregular IR verb maintenir. To remember this, imagine the MAINTENANCE man does MAINTAIN TEN EARS!Maintenir can also mean: to keep, to keep up; to support.
Related words include:
- se maintenir (vr) : to persist, to hold (ie steady), to remain (ie in power).
- la maintenance (nf) : maintenance, care.
- le maintien (nm) : maintening, support; deportment, carriage, behaviour.
- bon maintien : good shape.
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 MAINTENANCE man does
MAINTAIN TEN EARS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent maintain |
maintiens | maintiens | maintient | maintenons | maintenez | maintiennent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait maintained |
maintenais | maintenais | maintenait | maintenions | mainteniez | maintenaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple maintained |
maintins | maintins | maintint | maintînmes | maintîntes | maintinrent |
| Future Futur will maintain |
maintiendrai | maintiendras | maintiendra | maintiendrons | maintiendrez | maintiendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would maintain |
maintiendrais | maintiendrais | maintiendrait | maintiendrions | maintiendriez | maintiendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may maintain |
maintienne | maintiennes | maintienne | maintenions | mainteniez | maintiennent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have maintained |
ai maintenu | as maintenu | a maintemu | avons maintenu | avez maintenu | ont maintenu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had maintained |
avais maintenu | avais maintenu | avait maintenu | avions maintenu | aviez maintenu | avaient maintenu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have maintained |
aurai maintenu | auras maintenu | aura maintenu | aurons maintenu | aurez maintenu | auront maintenu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have maintained |
aurais maintenu | aurais maintenu | aurait maintenu | aurion maintenu | auriez maintenu | auraient maintenu |
| Imperative Imperatif maintain! |
maintiens ! | maintenons ! | maintenez ! | |||
✔ maintenir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn maintenir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
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