tenir - to hold Command forms
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frenchetc on December 28, 2009
Subjects:
french, french grammar, French command form, french verbs, french verb, french to hold, to hold, tenir, donner un ordre négatif, negative commands
Description:
Anne's native take on learning French verbs, one at time. This is the whole shebang on TENIR. It really is for advanced students. Some of these forms, although correct grammatically, are not very commonly used. Much more on frenchetc.org
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English | French |
|---|---|
 (do) hold (sing. & fam.) | tiens |
| let's hold | tenons |
| (do) hold (pl. and/or formal) | tenez |
| don't hold (sing. & fam.) | ne tiens pas |
| let's not hold | ne tenons pas |
| don't hold (pl. and/or formal) | ne tenez pas |
| (do) hold it/them (sing. & fam.) | tiens-le/la/les |
| let's hold it/them | tenons-le/la/les |
| (do) hold it/them (pl. and/or formal) | tenez-le/la/les |
| don't hold it/them (sing. & fam.) | ne le/la/les tiens pas |
| let's not hold it/them | ne le/la/les tenons pas |
| don't hold it/them (pl. and/or formal) | ne le/la/les tenez pas |
| (do) hold some (sing. & fam.) | tienss-en |
| let's hold some | tenons-en |
| (do) hold some (pl. and/or formal) | tenez-en |
| don't hold any (sing. & fam.) | n'en tiens pas |
| let's not hold some | n'en tenons pas |
| don't hold any (pl. and/or formal) | n'en tenez pas |
| hold for me (sing. & fam.) | tiens-moi |
| let's hold for me | tenons-moi |
| hold for me (pl. and/or formal) | tenez-moi |
| don't hold for me (sing. & fam.) | ne me tiens pas |
| let's not hold for me | ne me tenons pas |
| don't hold for me (pl. and/or formal) | ne me tenez pas |
| hold for her/him/them (sing. & fam.) | tiens-lui/leur |
| let's hold for her/him/them | tenons-lui/leur |
| hold for her/him/them (pl. and/or formal) | tenez-lui/leur |
| don't hold for her/him/them (sing. & fam.) | ne lui/leur tiens pas |
| let's not hold for her/him/them | ne lui/leur tenons pas |
| don't hold for her/him/them (pl. and/or formal) | ne lui/leur tenez pas |
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