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pondre

to lay

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Conjugation of pondre

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je ponds
I lay
tu ponds
you lay
il/elle/on pond
he/she/it lays
nous pondons
we lay
vous pondez
you all lay
ils/elles pondent
they lay
Present perfect tense
j’ai pondu
I laid
tu as pondu
you laid
il/elle/on a pondu
he/she/it laid
nous avons pondu
we laid
vous avez pondu
you all laid
ils/elles ont pondu
they laid
Past impf. tense
je pondais
I was laying
tu pondais
you were laying
il/elle/on pondait
he/she/it was laying
nous pondions
we were laying
vous pondiez
you all were laying
ils/elles pondaient
they were laying
Future tense
je pondrai
I will lay
tu pondras
you will lay
il/elle/on pondra
he/she/it will lay
nous pondrons
we will lay
vous pondrez
you all will lay
ils/elles pondront
they will lay
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais pondu
I had laid
tu avais pondu
you had laid
il/elle/on avait pondu
he/she/it had laid
nous avions pondu
we had laid
vous aviez pondu
you all had laid
ils/elles avaient pondu
they had laid
Past preterite tense
je pondis
I laid
tu pondis
you laid
il/elle/on pondit
he/she/it laid
nous pondîmes
we laid
vous pondîtes
you all laid
ils/elles pondirent
they laid
Past anterior tense
j’eus pondu
I had laid
tu eus pondu
you had laid
il/elle/on eut pondu
he/she/it had laid
nous eûmes pondu
we had laid
vous eûtes pondu
you all had laid
ils/elles eurent pondu
they had laid
Future perfect tense
j’aurai pondu
I will have laid
tu auras pondu
you will have laid
il/elle/on aura pondu
he/she/it will have laid
nous aurons pondu
we will have laid
vous aurez pondu
you all will have laid
ils/elles auront pondu
they will have laid
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je ponde
that I lay
que tu pondes
that you lay
qu’il/elle/on ponde
that he/she/it lay
que nous pondions
that we lay
que vous pondiez
that you all lay
qu’ils/elles pondent
that they lay
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie pondu
that I have laid
que tu aies pondu
that you have laid
qu’il/elle/on ait pondu
that he/she/it have laid
que nous ayons pondu
that we have laid
que vous ayez pondu
that you all have laid
qu’ils/elles aient pondu
that they have laid
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je pondisse
that I would lay
que tu pondisses
that you would lay
qu’il/elle/on pondît
that he/she/it would lay
que nous pondissions
that we would lay
que vous pondissiez
that you all would lay
qu’ils/elles pondissent
that they would lay
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse pondu
that I had laid
que tu eusses pondu
that you had laid
qu’il/elle/on eût pondu
that he/she/it had laid
que nous eussions pondu
that we had laid
que vous eussiez pondu
that you all had laid
qu’ils/elles eussent pondu
that they had laid
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je pondrais
I would lay
tu pondrais
you would lay
il/elle/on pondrait
he/she/it would lay
nous pondrions
we would lay
vous pondriez
you all would lay
ils/elles pondraient
they would lay
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais pondu
I would have laid
tu aurais pondu
you would have laid
il/elle/on aurait pondu
he/she/it would have laid
nous aurions pondu
we would have laid
vous auriez pondu
you all would have laid
ils/elles auraient pondu
they would have laid
Imperative mood
-
ponds
lay!
-
pondons
let's lay!
pondez
lay!
-
Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie pondu
have laid
-
ayons pondu
let's have laid
ayez pondu
have laid
-

Examples of pondre

"À quoi faire ?", je dis. "À pondre des œufs ?"

I said, "What do they expect you to do, lay an egg?"

- Eh oui, c'est si beau de pondre un enfant...

-Huh... its so beautiful to lay a baby...

- Elle va pondre.

- She's about to start laying.

- J'essaie de pondre un œuf.

- I was just tryin' to lay my egg.

- La femelle doit pondre de gros œufs.

- I guess the mother shrimp lays big eggs.

"Cloches sonnez, le Père Noël pue, Rudolph a pondu un œuf!"

# Jingle bells Santa smells Rudolph laid an egg #

"Mme Colvert, ayant pondu 8 œufs dans son nid,

"After Mrs. Mallard had laid eight eggs in the nest,

- Et si ça a pondu en elle ?

- What if it laid eggs in her?

- Mon oiseau a pondu.

- My bird laid an egg.

- Mon oiseau a pondu?

- My bird laid an egg, huh?

J'ai lu celle dans Galaxy sur la fille qui ponds des oeufs.

I read the one in Galaxy about the girl who lays eggs.

Je ponds un œuf.

I'm laying an egg.

Mais si je ponds, ne le répétez pas.

It's not a problem. But if you see me lay an egg, it's just between us.

Mais tu ponds des œufs.

But you lay eggs.

Mais... c'est toi qui ponds le moins d'oeufs... et je vous avais toutes averties que cela arriverait.

But let's be honest here, you're the one that lays the fewest eggs and I distinctly told all of you that this was going to happen.

Alors, vous nous pondez un oeuf ?

So, you're laying an egg ?

Et pondez quelques œufs !

And lay, lay, lay some eggs!

Il n'y a pas de poux sur ma tête, pondant des œufs, creusant mon crâne, grignotant la peau jusqu'à mon cerveau !

There are no lice in my hair... laying eggs, burrowing into my scalp, eating their way all the way down to my brain!

elle voulait Ie meilleur service gynécologique possible, anticipant des douleurs pires qu'un roitelet pondant l'œuf d'une autruche.

She wanted the best gynaecological attention she could find, anticipating labour pains to rival a wren laying the eggs of an ostrich.

♪ Six oies pondant...♪ (Porte grince)

♪ Six geese a-laying... ♪ (Door creaks)