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codétenir
codétenir
French
Verb
codétenir
- To detain (or be detained) together with another
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 codétenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | codétenir | avoir codétenu | |||||
| gerund | en codétenant | en ayant codétenu | |||||
| present participle | codétenant /kɔ.det.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | codétenu /kɔ.det.ny/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/ | codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/ | codétient /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/ | codétenons /kɔ.det.nɔ̃/ | codétenez /kɔ.det.ne/ | codétiennent /kɔ.de.sjɛn/ | 
| imperfect | codétenais /kɔ.det.nɛ/ | codétenais /kɔ.det.nɛ/ | codétenait /kɔ.det.nɛ/ | codétenions /kɔ.de.tə.njɔ̃/ | codéteniez /kɔ.de.tə.nje/ | codétenaient /kɔ.det.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | codétins /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/ | codétins /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/ | codétint /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/ | codétînmes /kɔ.de.tɛ̃m/ | codétîntes /kɔ.de.tɛ̃t/ | codétinrent /kɔ.de.tɛ̃ʁ/ | |
| future | codétiendrai /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ | codétiendras /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ | codétiendra /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁa/ | codétiendrons /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | codétiendrez /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁe/ | codétiendront /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | codétiendrais /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | codétiendrais /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | codétiendrait /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | codétiendrions /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | codétiendriez /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ | codétiendraient /kɔ.de.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | codétienne /kɔ.de.sjɛn/ | codétiennes /kɔ.de.sjɛn/ | codétienne /kɔ.de.sjɛn/ | codétenions /kɔ.de.tə.njɔ̃/ | codéteniez /kɔ.de.tə.nje/ | codétiennent /kɔ.de.sjɛn/ | 
| imperfect1 | codétinsse /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/ | codétinsses /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/ | codétînt /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/ | codétinssions /kɔ.de.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ | codétinssiez /kɔ.de.tɛ̃.sje/ | codétinssent /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/ | — | codétenons /kɔ.det.nɔ̃/ | codétenez /kɔ.det.ne/ | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||