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soutenir
soutenir
French
Verb
soutenir
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of soutenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | soutenir | avoir soutenu | |||||
| gerund | en soutenant | en ayant soutenu | |||||
| present participle | soutenant /sut.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | soutenu /sut.ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | soutiens /su.tjɛ̃/ |
soutiens /su.tjɛ̃/ |
soutient /su.tjɛ̃/ |
soutenons /sut.nɔ̃/ |
soutenez /sut.ne/ |
soutiennent /su.sjɛn/ |
| imperfect | soutenais /sut.nɛ/ |
soutenais /sut.nɛ/ |
soutenait /sut.nɛ/ |
soutenions /su.tə.njɔ̃/ |
souteniez /su.tə.nje/ |
soutenaient /sut.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | soutins /su.tɛ̃/ |
soutins /su.tɛ̃/ |
soutint /su.tɛ̃/ |
soutînmes /su.tɛ̃m/ |
soutîntes /su.tɛ̃t/ |
soutinrent /su.tɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | soutiendrai /su.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
soutiendras /su.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
soutiendra /su.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
soutiendrons /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
soutiendrez /su.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
soutiendront /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | soutiendrais /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
soutiendrais /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
soutiendrait /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
soutiendrions /su.sjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
soutiendriez /su.sjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
soutiendraient /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | soutienne /su.sjɛn/ |
soutiennes /su.sjɛn/ |
soutienne /su.sjɛn/ |
soutenions /su.tə.njɔ̃/ |
souteniez /su.tə.nje/ |
soutiennent /su.sjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
soutinsse /su.tɛ̃s/ |
soutinsses /su.tɛ̃s/ |
soutînt /su.tɛ̃/ |
soutinssions /su.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
soutinssiez /su.tɛ̃.sje/ |
soutinssent /su.tɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | soutiens /su.tjɛ̃/ |
— | soutenons /sut.nɔ̃/ |
soutenez /sut.ne/ |
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