| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | firm·ten·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | firmtenas |
| Past tense | firmtenis |
| Future tense | firmtenos |
| Conditional mood | |
| firmtenus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| firmtenu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | firmtenanta | firmtenata |
| Past tense | firmteninta | firmtenita |
| Future tense | firmtenonta | firmtenota |
| Afrikaans | handhaaf |
|---|---|
| Dutch | handhaven |
| English | uphold |