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Participles

Present:	poignant
Past:	point

Indicative of "poindre"

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	Present	Imperfect	Future	Past Historic
je	poins	poignais	poindrai	poignis
tu	poins	poignais	poindras	poignis
il/elle	point	poignait	poindra	poignit
nous	poignons	poignions	poindrons	poignîmes
vous	poignez	poigniez	poindrez	poignîtes
ils/elles	poignent	poignaient	poindront	poignirent

Indicative of "poindre" (compound tenses)

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

Conditional of "poindre"

	Present	Past
je/j'	poindrais	aurais point
tu	poindrais	aurais point
il/elle	poindrait	aurait point
nous	poindrions	aurions point
vous	poindriez	auriez point
ils/elles	poindraient	auraient point

Subjunctive of "poindre"

	Present	Past	Imperfect	Pluperfect
je/j'	poigne	aie point	poignisse	eusse point
tu	poignes	aies point	poignisses	eusses point
il/elle	poigne	ait point	poignît	eût point
nous	poignions	ayons point	poignissions	eussions point
vous	poigniez	ayez point	poignissiez	eussiez point
ils/elles	poignent	aient point	poignissent	eussent point

Imperative of "poindre"

	Affirmative Present	Negative Present	Affirmative Past
(je/j')	-	-	-
(tu)	poins	ne poins pas	aie point
(il/elle)	-	-	-
(nous)	poignons	ne poignons pas	ayons point
(vous)	poignez	ne poignez pas	ayez point
(ils/elles)	-	-	-

Periphrastic tenses of "poindre"

	Near Future	Recent Past
je	vais poindre	viens de poindre
tu	vas poindre	viens de poindre
il/elle	va poindre	vient de poindre
nous	allons poindre	venons de poindre
vous	allez poindre	venez de poindre
ils/elles	vont poindre	viennent de poindre

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