Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb tenir

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb tenir, along with their English translations.

tenir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je tins	I held
tu tins	you held
il tint	he held
elle tint	she held
nous tînmes	we held
vous tîntes	you held
ils tinrent	they held
elles tinrent	they held

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