| The Future in the | Present | Mi estas tenonta | = I am about (or, going) to hold. |
| Mi estas tenota | = I am about (or, going) to be held. | ||
| Past | Mi estis tenonta | = I was about (or, going) to hold. | |
| Mi estis tenota | = I was about (or, going) to be held. | ||
| Future | Mi estos tenonta | = I shall be about to hold. | |
| Mi estos tenota | = I shall be about to be held. |
CONDITIONAL, OR "US" MOOD.
Active Voice (Compound Form) and the Passive Voice.
| Se mi estus tenanta | = If I should be, or, were, holding. |
| Se mi estus tenata | = If I should be or, were (being) held, or, if I be held. |
| Se mi estus teninta | = If I should have held, or, if I had held. |
| Se mi estus tenita | = If I should have been held, or, if I had been, or, were, held. |
| Se mi estus tenonta | = If I should be, or, were, about to hold. |
| Se mi estus tenota | = If I should be about to be held. |
N.B.—In the active voice use the simple form instead of the present and past participle, unless the compound form is necessary to emphasize the meaning. For instance, in the sentence "He would not have struck me if you had held him," we use the past participle to show the anteriority, but we need not use it for the first clause; so we say:—Li ne frapus min, se vi estus teninta lin. If we use the simple form, Li ne frapus min, se vi tenus lin, it would be read:—"He would not strike me if you held him," unless the context clearly showed the action was completed. We could, however, use the adverb antaŭe instead of the compound form, and say:—Li ne frapus min, se vi antaŭe tenus lin = He would not have struck me if you had held him (lit., if you beforehand held him) (see par. [226] (a) and remarks on the Conditional mood, pars. [190]–194).
IMPERATIVE, OR "U" MOOD.
Active Voice (Compound Form) and the Passive Voice.
| (Por ke) mi estu tenanta | = (In order that) I may be holding. |
| (Por ke) mi estu tenata | = (In order that) I may be held. |
| (Por ke) mi estu teninta | = (In order that) I may have held, or, might hold. |
| (Por ke) mi estu tenita | = (In order that) I may have been held, or, might be held. |
| (Por ke) mi estu tenonta | = (In order that) I may be about to hold. |
| (Por ke) mi estu tenota | = (In order that) I may be about to be held. |
(See remarks on the Imperative mood, pars. [195]–202.)
170. CONJUGATION OF A REFLEXIVE VERB.