| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | ten·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | tenas |
| Past tense | tenis |
| Future tense | tenos |
| Conditional mood | |
| tenus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| tenu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | tenanta | tenata |
| Past tense | teninta | tenita |
| Future tense | tenonta | tenota |
| Afrikaans | hou |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aguantar; mantenir; retenir; sostenir; suportar; tenir |
| Chinook Jargon | hol |
| Czech | držet |
| Danish | bevare; holde |
| Dutch | bijhouden; houden; vasthouden; voeren; huldigen |
| English | hang onto; hold; retain; keep; maintain; have |
| English (Old English) | healdan |
| Faeroese | halda; taka um |
| Finnish | pitää |
| French | tenir |
| German | halten; aufhalten; verhalten |
| Hungarian | tartani |
| Italian | tenere |
| Jamaican Patois | uol |
| Latin | habere; tenere |
| Luxemburgish | halen |
| Malay | memegang; pegang |
| Norwegian | holde |
| Papiamento | nister; tene |
| Polish | trzymać |
| Portuguese | conservar; guardar; manter; segurar; sustenar; ter |
| Romanian | ține |
| Russian | держать |
| Saterland Frisian | aphoolde; hoolde |
| Scots | keep |
| Scottish Gaelic | cum; cùm |
| Spanish | tener |
| Sranan | ori |
| Swedish | behålla; hålla |
| Thai | เก็บ; เก็บไว้; ถือ; จับไว้ |
| Turkish | tutmak |
| West Frisian | hâlde |
| Yiddish | האַלטן |