Daily Verb Lesson: French for support is soutenir
The French for support is the irregular IR verb soutenir. To remember this, imagine you support a dousing of SOOT on your SUIT of TEN YEARS!Soutenir can also mean: to sustain, to uphold; to withstand.
Related words include:
- se soutenir (vr) : to support one another; to hold oneself up, to stand/stick by;
to withstand; argue.
- soutenable (adj) : maintainable; bearable, supportable; tenable.
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 you sustain a dousing of SOOT on your
SUIT of TEN YEARS!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent support |
soutiens | soutiens | soutient | soutenons | soutenez | soutiennent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait supported |
soutenais | soutenais | soutenait | soutenions | souteniez | soutenaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple supported |
soutins | soutins | soutint | soutînmes | soutîntes | soutinrent |
| Future Futur will support |
soutiendrai | soutiendras | soutiendra | soutiendrons | soutiendrez | soutiendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would support |
soutiendrais | soutiendrais | soutiendrait | soutiendrions | soutiendriez | soutiendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may support |
soutienne | soutiennes | soutienne | soutenions | souteniez | soutiennent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have supported |
ai soutenu | as soutenu | a soutemu | avons soutenu | avez soutenu | ont soutenu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had supported |
avais soutenu | avais soutenu | avait soutenu | avions soutenu | aviez soutenu | avaient soutenu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have supported |
aurai soutenu | auras soutenu | aura soutenu | aurons soutenu | aurez soutenu | auront soutenu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have supported |
aurais soutenu | aurais soutenu | aurait soutenu | aurion soutenu | auriez soutenu | auraient soutenu |
| Imperative Imperatif support! |
soutiens ! | soutenons ! | soutenez ! | |||
✔ soutenir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn soutenir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
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