French reference
entretenir
to maintain, to look after
Irregular · 19 form tables
Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I maintain |
| tu | you maintain |
| il/elle/on | he/she maintains |
| nous | we maintain |
| vous | you (plural/formal) maintain |
| ils/elles | they maintain |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I maintained; I have maintained |
| tu | you maintained; you have maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she maintained; he/she has maintained |
| nous | we maintained; we have maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) maintained; you (plural/formal) have maintained |
| ils/elles | they maintained; they have maintained |
Imperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I used to maintain |
| tu | you used to maintain |
| il/elle/on | he/she used to maintain |
| nous | we used to maintain |
| vous | you (plural/formal) used to maintain |
| ils/elles | they used to maintain |
Pluperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had maintained |
| tu | you had maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she had maintained |
| nous | we had maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had maintained |
| ils/elles | they had maintained |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will maintain |
| tu | you will maintain |
| il/elle/on | he/she will maintain |
| nous | we will maintain |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will maintain |
| ils/elles | they will maintain |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will have maintained |
| tu | you will have maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she will have maintained |
| nous | we will have maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will have maintained |
| ils/elles | they will have maintained |
Near future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I am going to maintain |
| tu | you are going to maintain |
| il/elle/on | he/she is going to maintain |
| nous | we are going to maintain |
| vous | you (plural/formal) are going to maintain |
| ils/elles | they are going to maintain |
Recent past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I have just maintained |
| tu | you have just maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she has just maintained |
| nous | we have just maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) have just maintained |
| ils/elles | they have just maintained |
Simple past (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I maintained |
| tu | you maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she maintained |
| nous | we maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) maintained |
| ils/elles | they maintained |
Past anterior (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had maintained |
| tu | you had maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she had maintained |
| nous | we had maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had maintained |
| ils/elles | they had maintained |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would maintain |
| tu | you would maintain |
| il/elle/on | he/she would maintain |
| nous | we would maintain |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would maintain |
| ils/elles | they would maintain |
Past conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have maintained |
| tu | you would have maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have maintained |
| nous | we would have maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have maintained |
| ils/elles | they would have maintained |
Past conditional, second form (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have maintained |
| tu | you would have maintained |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have maintained |
| nous | we would have maintained |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have maintained |
| ils/elles | they would have maintained |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I maintain |
| tu | (that) you maintain |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she maintains |
| nous | (that) we maintain |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) maintain |
| ils/elles | (that) they maintain |
Past subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I have maintained |
| tu | (that) you have maintained |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she has maintained |
| nous | (that) we have maintained |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) have maintained |
| ils/elles | (that) they have maintained |
Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I maintained |
| tu | (that) you maintained |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she maintained |
| nous | (that) we maintained |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) maintained |
| ils/elles | (that) they maintained |
Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I had maintained |
| tu | (that) you had maintained |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she had maintained |
| nous | (that) we had maintained |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) had maintained |
| ils/elles | (that) they had maintained |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | maintain! |
| nous | let's maintain! |
| vous | maintain! (plural/formal) |
Past imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | have maintained by then! |
| nous | let's have maintained by then! |
| vous | have maintained by then! (plural/formal) |
Additional forms
- Gerund
- Present participle
- Past participle
- / / /
- Past infinitive
- Perfect participle
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