# tindre
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtin.dɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtin.dɾe]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

tindre (first-person singular present tinc, first-person singular preterite tinguí, past participle tingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (chiefly Valencia) Alternative form of tenir

#### Usage notes

* Considered less formal than tenir, except in Valencian, where it is the standard form.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | tindre | tindre | tindre | tindre | tindre |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | tenint | tenint | tenint | tenint | tenint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | tingut | tingut | tinguda | tinguda |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | tinguts | tinguts | tingudes | tingudes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | tinc | tens | té | tenim | teniu | tenen |
| indicative | imperfect | tenia | tenies | tenia | teníem | teníeu | tenien |
| indicative | future | tindré | tindràs | tindrà | tindrem | tindreu | tindran |
| indicative | preterite | tinguí | tingueres | tingué | tinguérem | tinguéreu | tingueren |
| indicative | conditional | tindria | tindries | tindria | tindríem | tindríeu | tindrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | tingui | tinguis | tingui | tinguem | tingueu | tinguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | tingués | tinguessis | tingués | tinguéssim | tinguéssiu | tinguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | té, ten, tingues | tingui | tinguem | teniu, tingueu | tinguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no tinguis | no tingui | no tinguem | no tingueu | no tinguin |

### Further reading

* “tindre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “tindre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “tindre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tindre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Related to Old Norse tendra

### Verb

tindre (imperative tindr or tindre, present tense tindrer, passive tindres, simple past and past participle tindra or tindret, present participle tindrende)
* to twinkle
* to sparkle

### References

* “tindre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “tindre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Related to Old Norse tendra

### Verb

tindre (present tense tindrar, past tense tindra, past participle tindra, passive infinitive tindrast, present participle tindrande, imperative tindre/tindr)
* to twinkle
* to sparkle

#### Alternative forms

* tindra

### References

* “tindre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.