Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the French verb affaiblir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb affaiblir, along with their English translations.

affaiblir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affaiblir	to weaken

Present		Scored
j'affaiblis	I weaken
tu affaiblis	you weaken
il affaiblit	he weakens
elle affaiblit	she weakens
nous affaiblissons	we weaken
vous affaiblissez	you weaken
ils affaiblissent	they weaken
elles affaiblissent	they weaken

Imperfect		Scored
j'affaiblissais	I was weakening
tu affaiblissais	you were weakening
il affaiblissait	he was weakening
elle affaiblissait	she was weakening
nous affaiblissions	we were weakening
vous affaiblissiez	you were weakening
ils affaiblissaient	they were weakening
elles affaiblissaient	they were weakening

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'affaiblis	I weakened
tu affaiblis	you weakened
il affaiblit	he weakened
elle affaiblit	she weakened
nous affaiblîmes	we weakened
vous affaiblîtes	you weakened
ils affaiblirent	they weakened
elles affaiblirent	they weakened

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai affaibli	I have weakened
tu as affaibli	you have weakened
il a affaibli	he has weakened
elle a affaibli	she has weakened
nous avons affaibli	we have weakened
vous avez affaibli	you have weakened
ils ont affaibli	they have weakened
elles ont affaibli	they have weakened

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais affaibli	I had weakened
tu avais affaibli	you had weakened
il avait affaibli	he had weakened
elle avait affaibli	she had weakened
nous avions affaibli	we had weakened
vous aviez affaibli	you had weakened
ils avaient affaibli	they had weakened
elles avaient affaibli	they had weakened

Future		Scored
j'affaiblirai	I will weaken
tu affaibliras	you will weaken
il affaiblira	he will weaken
elle affaiblira	she will weaken
nous affaiblirons	we will weaken
vous affaiblirez	you will weaken
ils affaibliront	they will weaken
elles affaibliront	they will weaken

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai affaibli	I will have weakened
tu auras affaibli	you will have weakened
il aura affaibli	he will have weakened
elle aura affaibli	she will have weakened
nous aurons affaibli	we will have weakened
vous aurez affaibli	you will have weakened
ils auront affaibli	they will have weakened
elles auront affaibli	they will have weakened

Conditional		Scored
j'affaiblirais	I would weaken
tu affaiblirais	you would weaken
il affaiblirait	he would weaken
elle affaiblirait	she would weaken
nous affaiblirions	we would weaken
vous affaibliriez	you would weaken
ils affaibliraient	they would weaken
elles affaibliraient	they would weaken

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais affaibli	I would have weakened
tu aurais affaibli	you would have weakened
il aurait affaibli	he would have weakened
elle aurait affaibli	she would have weakened
nous aurions affaibli	we would have weakened
vous auriez affaibli	you would have weakened
ils auraient affaibli	they would have weakened
elles auraient affaibli	they would have weakened

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affaiblisse	(... that) I weaken
(... que) tu affaiblisses	(... that) you weaken
(... que) il affaiblisse	(... that) he weakens
(... que) elle affaiblisse	(... that) she weakens
(... que) nous affaiblissions	(... that) we weaken
(... que) vous affaiblissiez	(... that) you weaken
(... que) ils affaiblissent	(... that) they weaken
(... que) elles affaiblissent	(... that) they weaken

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affaiblisse	(... that) I was weakening
(... que) tu affaiblisses	(... that) you were weakening
(... que) il affaiblît	(... that) he was weakening
(... que) elle affaiblît	(... that) she was weakening
(... que) nous affaiblissions	(... that) we were weakening
(... que) vous affaiblissiez	(... that) you were weakening
(... que) ils affaiblissent	(... that) they were weakening
(... que) elles affaiblissent	(... that) they were weakening

Imperative		Scored
affaiblis	Weaken
affaiblissons	Let's weaken
affaiblissez	Weaken

Present Participle		Scored
affaiblissant	weakening

Past Participle		Scored
affaibli	weakened

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

Spelling change

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game