ponter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pounter. By surface analysis, pont +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.te/
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Verb

ponter

  1. to build a bridge
  2. (nautical) to cover a boat with a deck
    • 1888, P. A. Hennique, Les caboteurs et pêcheurs de la côte de Tunisie: pêche des éponges‎, page 57:
      […] c’est le plus petit bateau qu’on ose exposer à la mer du large; il est ponté, d’une construction solide […]
      it is the smallest boat one dares expose to the open sea; it is covered with a deck, solidly built

Conjugation

Conjugation of ponter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ponter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pontant
/pɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ponté
/pɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ponte
/pɔ̃t/ 		pontes
/pɔ̃t/ 		ponte
/pɔ̃t/ 		pontons
/pɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		pontez
/pɔ̃.te/ 		pontent
/pɔ̃t/
imperfect pontais
/pɔ̃.tɛ/ 		pontais
/pɔ̃.tɛ/ 		pontait
/pɔ̃.tɛ/ 		pontions
/pɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		pontiez
/pɔ̃.tje/ 		pontaient
/pɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 pontai
/pɔ̃.te/ 		pontas
/pɔ̃.ta/ 		ponta
/pɔ̃.ta/ 		pontâmes
/pɔ̃.tam/ 		pontâtes
/pɔ̃.tat/ 		pontèrent
/pɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future ponterai
/pɔ̃.tʁe/ 		ponteras
/pɔ̃.tʁa/ 		pontera
/pɔ̃.tʁa/ 		ponterons
/pɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		ponterez
/pɔ̃.tʁe/ 		ponteront
/pɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional ponterais
/pɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		ponterais
/pɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		ponterait
/pɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		ponterions
/pɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ponteriez
/pɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		ponteraient
/pɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 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 ponte
/pɔ̃t/ 		pontes
/pɔ̃t/ 		ponte
/pɔ̃t/ 		pontions
/pɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		pontiez
/pɔ̃.tje/ 		pontent
/pɔ̃t/
imperfect2 pontasse
/pɔ̃.tas/ 		pontasses
/pɔ̃.tas/ 		pontât
/pɔ̃.ta/ 		pontassions
/pɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		pontassiez
/pɔ̃.ta.sje/ 		pontassent
/pɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ponte
/pɔ̃t/ 		— pontons
/pɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		pontez
/pɔ̃.te/ 		—
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 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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