"Tien" means "yours" and "bon" means "good".So how does "Tiens bon" mean "Hold on"?
I am new French learner. I got to know about it from Google Translate.
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Sign up to join this community"Tien" means "yours" and "bon" means "good".So how does "Tiens bon" mean "Hold on"?
I am new French learner. I got to know about it from Google Translate.
You misread the expression. The first word is not tien (your) but tiens, imperative form of the verb tenir (to hold).
The latter gave the English "Tennis".
So
Tiens bon !
is more like (literally):
Hold "well" or Hold "good"!
Instead of Google translate, I'd recommend DeepL which translates Tiens bon ! to :