Contenir - "to Contain"

Simple Conjugations for the Irregular French Verb Contenir

By ThoughtCo Team
Updated on February 25, 2020

French verb conjugator > contenir

Present Future Imperfect Present participle
je contiens contiendrai contenais contenant
tu contiens contiendras contenais
il contient contiendra contenait
nous contenons contiendrons contenions
vous contenez contiendrez conteniez
ils contiennent contiendront contenaient
Passé composé
Auxiliary verb avoir
Past participle contenu
Subjunctive Conditional Passé simple Imperfect subjunctive
je contienne contiendrais contins continsse
tu contiennes contiendrais contins continsses
il contienne contiendrait contint contînt
nous contenions contiendrions contînmes continssions
vous conteniez contiendriez contîntes continssiez
ils contiennent contiendraient continrent continssent
Imperative
tu contiens
nous contenons
vous contenez

Verb conjugation pattern  Contenir is an irregular verb

All French verbs ending in -venir and -tenir are conjugated this way.

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