tenir à cœur - to hold to the heart - to be very important to someone. It's often used in the expression 'ça me tient à cœur', 'it's close to my heart'.
- « T'inquiète, j'organise la soirée, ça me tient à cœur »
"Don't worry, I'll take care of organizing the party, it's close to my heart. "
présent : ça me tient à cœur
imparfait : ça me tient à cœur
present subjunctive: que ça me tienne à cœur
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