paitre

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See also: paître

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

paitre

  1. post-1990 spelling of paître

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

Conjugation of paitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple paitre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple paissant
/pɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pu
/py/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pais
/pɛ/2 		pais
/pɛ/ 		pait
/pɛ/ 		paissons
/pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pe.sɔ̃/ 		paissez
/pɛ.se/ or /pe.se/ 		paissent
/pɛs/
imperfect paissais
/pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ 		paissais
/pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ 		paissait
/pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ 		paissions
/pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.sjɔ̃/ 		paissiez
/pɛ.sje/ or /pe.sje/ 		paissaient
/pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/
past historic4 pus
/py/ 		pus
/py/ 		put
/py/ 		pûmes
/pym/ 		pûtes
/pyt/ 		purent
/pyʁ/
future paitrai
/pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/ 		paitras
/pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/ 		paitra
/pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/ 		paitrons
/pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/ 		paitrez
/pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/ 		paitront
/pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional paitrais
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ 		paitrais
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ 		paitrait
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ 		paitrions
/pɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		paitriez
/pɛ.tʁi.je/ or /pe.tʁi.je/ 		paitraient
/pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior4 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present paisse
/pɛs/3 		paisses
/pɛs/ 		paisse
/pɛs/ 		paissions
/pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.sjɔ̃/ 		paissiez
/pɛ.sje/ or /pe.sje/ 		paissent
/pɛs/
imperfect4 pusse
/pys/ 		pusses
/pys/ 		pût
/py/ 		pussions
/py.sjɔ̃/ 		pussiez
/py.sje/ 		pussent
/pys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect4 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pais
/pɛ/ 		— paissons
/pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pe.sɔ̃/ 		paissez
/pɛ.se/ or /pe.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 puis when inverted.
3 puissé when inverted.
4 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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