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Conjugation of the French verb affecter

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

affecter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affecter	to affect

Present		Scored
j'affecte	I affect
tu affectes	you affect
il affecte	he affects
elle affecte	she affects
nous affectons	we affect
vous affectez	you affect
ils affectent	they affect
elles affectent	they affect

Imperfect		Scored
j'affectais	I was affecting
tu affectais	you were affecting
il affectait	he was affecting
elle affectait	she was affecting
nous affections	we were affecting
vous affectiez	you were affecting
ils affectaient	they were affecting
elles affectaient	they were affecting

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'affectai	I affected
tu affectas	you affected
il affecta	he affected
elle affecta	she affected
nous affectâmes	we affected
vous affectâtes	you affected
ils affectèrent	they affected
elles affectèrent	they affected

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affecterai	I will affect
tu affecteras	you will affect
il affectera	he will affect
elle affectera	she will affect
nous affecterons	we will affect
vous affecterez	you will affect
ils affecteront	they will affect
elles affecteront	they will affect

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 affecté	I will have affected
tu auras affecté	you will have affected
il aura affecté	he will have affected
elle aura affecté	she will have affected
nous aurons affecté	we will have affected
vous aurez affecté	you will have affected
ils auront affecté	they will have affected
elles auront affecté	they will have affected

Conditional		Scored
j'affecterais	I would affect
tu affecterais	you would affect
il affecterait	he would affect
elle affecterait	she would affect
nous affecterions	we would affect
vous affecteriez	you would affect
ils affecteraient	they would affect
elles affecteraient	they would affect

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 affecté	I would have affected
tu aurais affecté	you would have affected
il aurait affecté	he would have affected
elle aurait affecté	she would have affected
nous aurions affecté	we would have affected
vous auriez affecté	you would have affected
ils auraient affecté	they would have affected
elles auraient affecté	they would have affected

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affecte	(... that) I affect
(... que) tu affectes	(... that) you affect
(... que) il affecte	(... that) he affects
(... que) elle affecte	(... that) she affects
(... que) nous affections	(... that) we affect
(... que) vous affectiez	(... that) you affect
(... que) ils affectent	(... that) they affect
(... que) elles affectent	(... that) they affect

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affectasse	(... that) I was affecting
(... que) tu affectasses	(... that) you were affecting
(... que) il affectât	(... that) he was affecting
(... que) elle affectât	(... that) she was affecting
(... que) nous affectassions	(... that) we were affecting
(... que) vous affectassiez	(... that) you were affecting
(... que) ils affectassent	(... that) they were affecting
(... que) elles affectassent	(... that) they were affecting

Imperative		Scored
affecte	Affect
affectons	Let's affect
affectez	Affect

Present Participle		Scored
affectant	affecting

Past Participle		Scored
affecté	affected

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