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mantenir

mantenir

Catalan

Verb

mantenir ‎(first-person singular present mantinc, past participle mantingut)

  1. to maintain; to uphold; to keep going

Conjugation

As tenir.

Ido

Verb

mantenir

  1. past infinitive of mantenar

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō ‎(“I support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū ‎(“with the hand”) + teneō ‎(“I hold”).

Verb

mantenir

  1. To maintain

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of mantenir (first conjugation)
infinitive mantenir, mantenì
auxiliary verb avei gerund mantenian
past participle mantenì
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present mantene, mantenesce mantenes, mantenesces manten, mantenesc mantenion mantenieis manten, mantenesc
imperfect mantenive mantenives manteniva mantenivan mantenivais manteniva
future manteniré manteniras mantenirà manteniron mantenireis mantenirà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present mantene, mantenesce mantenes, mantenesces mantene, mantenesce mantenion mantenieis mantene, mantenesce
imperfect mantenisse mantenisses mantenissa mantenissan mantenissais mantenissa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— manten, mantenesc — mantenion mantenide —

Etymology

From Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō ‎(“I support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū ‎(“with the hand”) + teneō ‎(“I hold”).

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