téner

See also: tener and Tener

Occitan

Alternative forms

• tendre, ténguer, tenir, tiéner

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō. Numerous cognates include Spanish tener, Catalan tenir, tindre, and French tenir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

téner

1. to hold
2. to have; to possess

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		téner			aver tengut
gerund		tenent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		tengut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	teni	tenes	ten	tenèm	tenètz	tenon
	imperfect	teniái	teniás	teniá	teniam	teniatz	tenián
	preterite	tenguèri	tenguères	tenguèt	tenguèrem	tenguèretz	tenguèron
	future	tendrai	tendràs	tendrà	tendrem	tendretz	tendràn
	conditional	tendriái	tendriás	tendriá	tendriam	tendriatz	tendrián
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tenga	tengas	tenga	tengam	tengatz	tengan
	imperfect	tenguèsse	tenguèsses	tenguèsse	tenguèssem	tenguèssetz	tenguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			tèni		tengam	tenètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• conténer
• deténer
• reténer
• sosténer