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affermer
affermer
French
Verb
affermer
- to have a leasehold
Conjugation
Conjugation of affermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affermer | avoir affermé | |||||
| gerund | en affermant | en ayant affermé | |||||
| present participle | affermant /a.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affermé /a.fɛʁ.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | afferme /a.fɛʁm/ |
affermes /a.fɛʁm/ |
afferme /a.fɛʁm/ |
affermons /a.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ |
affermez /a.fɛʁ.me/ |
afferment /a.fɛʁm/ |
| imperfect | affermais /a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ |
affermais /a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ |
affermait /a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ |
affermions /a.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
affermiez /a.fɛʁ.mje/ |
affermaient /a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affermai /a.fɛʁ.me/ |
affermas /a.fɛʁ.ma/ |
afferma /a.fɛʁ.ma/ |
affermâmes /a.fɛʁ.mam/ |
affermâtes /a.fɛʁ.mat/ |
affermèrent /a.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | affermerai /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
affermeras /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
affermera /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ |
affermerons /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
affermerez /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ |
affermeront /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affermerais /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affermerais /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affermerait /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
affermerions /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affermeriez /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ |
affermeraient /a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | afferme /a.fɛʁm/ |
affermes /a.fɛʁm/ |
afferme /a.fɛʁm/ |
affermions /a.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
affermiez /a.fɛʁ.mje/ |
afferment /a.fɛʁm/ |
| imperfect1 |
affermasse /a.fɛʁ.mas/ |
affermasses /a.fɛʁ.mas/ |
affermât /a.fɛʁ.ma/ |
affermassions /a.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
affermassiez /a.fɛʁ.ma.sje/ |
affermassent /a.fɛʁ.mas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | afferme /a.fɛʁm/ |
— | affermons /a.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ |
affermez /a.fɛʁ.me/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
affermer
- to affirm
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of affermer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | affermer | avoir affermé | |||||
| gerund | en affermant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | affermant | ||||||
| past participle | affermé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | afferme | affermes | afferme | affermons | affermez | afferment |
| imperfect | affermois, affermoys | affermois, affermoys | affermoit, affermoyt | affermions, affermyons | affermiez, affermyez | affermoient, affermoyent | |
| past historic | afferma | affermas | afferma | affermasmes | affermastes | affermerent | |
| future | affermerai, affermeray | affermeras | affermera | affermerons | affermerez | affermeront | |
| conditional | affermerois, affermeroys | affermerois, affermeroys | affermeroit, affermeroyt | affermerions, affermeryons | affermeriez, affermeryez | affermeroient, affermeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | afferme | affermes | afferme | affermons | affermez | afferment |
| imperfect | affermasse | affermasses | affermast | affermassions | affermassiez | affermassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | afferme | — | affermons | affermez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: affirmer