paître

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Participles

Present:	paissant
Past:	pu

Indicative of "paître"

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	pais	paissais	-	-
tu	pais	paissais	-	-
il/elle	paît	paissait	-	-
nous	paissons	paissions	-	-
vous	paissez	paissiez	-	-
ils/elles	paissent	paissaient	-	-

Indicative of "paître" (compound tenses)

	Passé Composé	Pluperfect	Future Perfect	Past Anterior
j'	ai pu	avais pu	aurai pu	eus pu
tu	as pu	avais pu	auras pu	eus pu
il/elle	a pu	avait pu	aura pu	eut pu
nous	avons pu	avions pu	aurons pu	eûmes pu
vous	avez pu	aviez pu	aurez pu	eûtes pu
ils/elles	ont pu	avaient pu	auront pu	eurent pu

Conditional of "paître"

	Present	Past
je/j'	-	aurais pu
tu	-	aurais pu
il/elle	-	aurait pu
nous	-	aurions pu
vous	-	auriez pu
ils/elles	-	auraient pu

Subjunctive of "paître"

	Present	Past	Imperfect	Pluperfect
je/j'	-	aie pu	-	eusse pu
tu	-	aies pu	-	eusses pu
il/elle	-	ait pu	-	eût pu
nous	-	ayons pu	-	eussions pu
vous	-	ayez pu	-	eussiez pu
ils/elles	-	aient pu	-	eussent pu

Imperative of "paître"

	Affirmative Present	Negative Present	Affirmative Past
(je/j')	-	-	-
(tu)	pais	ne pais pas	aie pu
(il/elle)	-	-	-
(nous)	paissons	ne paissons pas	ayons pu
(vous)	paissez	ne paissez pas	ayez pu
(ils/elles)	-	-	-

Periphrastic tenses of "paître"

	Near Future	Recent Past
je/j'	-	viens de paître
tu	-	viens de paître
il/elle	-	vient de paître
nous	-	venons de paître
vous	-	venez de paître
ils/elles	-	viennent de paître

Collins French Verb Conjugation Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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