Italian verb conjugation

tenere

irregular
"to hold, to keep" — irregular Italian verb

Indicative

PresentImperfectPast historicFuture
1st sg.tengotenevotenniterrò
2nd sg.tienitenevitenestiterrai
3rd sg.tienetenevatenneterrà
1st pl.teniamotenevamotenemmoterremo
2nd pl.tenetetenevatetenesteterrete
3rd pl.tengonotenevanotenneroterranno

Subjunctive

PresentImperfect
1st sg.tengatenessi
2nd sg.tengatenessi
3rd sg.tengatenesse
1st pl.teniamotenessimo
2nd pl.teniateteneste
3rd pl.tenganotenessero

Conditional

Present
1st sg.terrei
2nd sg.terresti
3rd sg.terrebbe
1st pl.terremmo
2nd pl.terreste
3rd pl.terrebbero

Imperative

Present
2nd sg.tieni
1st pl.teniamo
2nd pl.tenete

Non-finite

Infinitive
tenere
Gerund
tenendo
Past participle
tenuto
Present participle
tenente
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Conjugation data from Kaikki.org (extracted from English Wiktionary), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.