Conténs

Conténs is a Catalan verb form that denotes the second-person singular present indicative, corresponding to the English “you contain.” It is used with the informal subject pronoun tu and appears in sentences where the addressed person is said to hold, include, or enclose something.

The form conténs is written with an acute accent on the e to indicate the stressed syllable in standard Catalan orthography. It derives etymologically from Latin continere (to contain), passing through the historic development of Catalan verbs in the -indre/-enir group associated with containment or holding.

In usage, conténs can be found with direct objects that specify what is contained. For example, a sentence such as Conténs la informació en aquest document would express that the addressed person holds or contains the information within the document, depending on context. Like other second-person forms, conténs can appear in informal speech, correspondence, or prose where the subject is clearly understood as you.

Related linguistic forms in the same verb family include nouns and related verbs such as contingut (content) and contenidor (container), which share the same semantic field of holding, including, or enclosing. The form conténs is part of the broader Catalan verb conjugation system and illustrates how stress marks and vowel shifts indicate person and tense.

See also: Catalan grammar, verb conjugation, contindre, contenir, contingut, contenidor.