maintenir
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verb
- to maintain
- to stick to
- to stay fair
- to persist
- to keep up
Forms
Present
| I | maintiens |
|---|---|
| you | maintiens |
| he, she, it | maintient |
| we | maintenons |
| you (plural) | maintenez |
| they | maintiennent |
Imperfect
| I | maintenais |
|---|---|
| you | maintenais |
| he, she, it | maintenait |
| we | maintenions |
| you (plural) | mainteniez |
| they | maintenaient |
Past historic
| I | maintins |
|---|---|
| you | maintins |
| he, she, it | maintint |
| we | maintînmes |
| you (plural) | maintîntes |
| they | maintinrent |
Future
| I | maintiendrai |
|---|---|
| you | maintiendras |
| he, she, it | maintiendra |
| we | maintiendrons |
| you (plural) | maintiendrez |
| they | maintiendront |
Conditional
| I | maintiendrais |
|---|---|
| you | maintiendrais |
| he, she, it | maintiendrait |
| we | maintiendrions |
| you (plural) | maintiendriez |
| they | maintiendraient |
Subjunctive
| I | maintienne |
|---|---|
| you | maintiennes |
| he, she, it | maintienne |
| we | maintenions |
| you (plural) | mainteniez |
| they | maintiennent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | maintinsse |
|---|---|
| you | maintinsses |
| he, she, it | maintînt |
| we | maintinssions |
| you (plural) | maintinssiez |
| they | maintinssent |
Imperative
| you | maintiens |
|---|---|
| we | maintenons |
| you (plural) | maintenez |
Other forms
| infinitive | maintenir |
|---|---|
| past participle | maintenu |
| gerund | maintenant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Maintenant ils ne pouvaient guère qu'esquisser une moue évasive et chercher laquelle de leurs illusions leur restait encore.Now they could hardly but sketch an evasive moth and look for which of their illusions remained to them.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Chacun se précipite sur lui pour le maintenir dans le brasier.Everyone rushes at him to keep him in the fire.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Le petit vieux demeurait à la portière, le cocher maintenait les chevaux de la voiture, et un laquais les chevaux de selle.The little old man stayed at the door, the coachman kept the horses in the car, and a lackey kept the saddle horses.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Villegagnon étant revenu au catholicisme, la désunion se mit parmi les Français et ils ne purent se maintenir dans le pays.Villegagnon having returned to Catholicism, disunity began among the French and they could not maintain themselves in the country.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I