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Conjugation of the French verb affermir

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

affermir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affermir	to firm up

Present		Scored
j'affermis	I firm up
tu affermis	you firm up
il affermit	he firms up
elle affermit	she firms up
nous affermissons	we firm up
vous affermissez	you firm up
ils affermissent	they firm up
elles affermissent	they firm up

Imperfect		Scored
j'affermissais	I was firming up
tu affermissais	you were firming up
il affermissait	he was firming up
elle affermissait	she was firming up
nous affermissions	we were firming up
vous affermissiez	you were firming up
ils affermissaient	they were firming up
elles affermissaient	they were firming up

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'affermis	I firmed up
tu affermis	you firmed up
il affermit	he firmed up
elle affermit	she firmed up
nous affermîmes	we firmed up
vous affermîtes	you firmed up
ils affermirent	they firmed up
elles affermirent	they firmed up

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affermirai	I will firm up
tu affermiras	you will firm up
il affermira	he will firm up
elle affermira	she will firm up
nous affermirons	we will firm up
vous affermirez	you will firm up
ils affermiront	they will firm up
elles affermiront	they will firm up

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

Conditional		Scored
j'affermirais	I would firm up
tu affermirais	you would firm up
il affermirait	he would firm up
elle affermirait	she would firm up
nous affermirions	we would firm up
vous affermiriez	you would firm up
ils affermiraient	they would firm up
elles affermiraient	they would firm up

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affermisse	(... that) I firm up
(... que) tu affermisses	(... that) you firm up
(... que) il affermisse	(... that) he firms up
(... que) elle affermisse	(... that) she firms up
(... que) nous affermissions	(... that) we firm up
(... que) vous affermissiez	(... that) you firm up
(... que) ils affermissent	(... that) they firm up
(... que) elles affermissent	(... that) they firm up

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affermisse	(... that) I was firming up
(... que) tu affermisses	(... that) you were firming up
(... que) il affermît	(... that) he was firming up
(... que) elle affermît	(... that) she was firming up
(... que) nous affermissions	(... that) we were firming up
(... que) vous affermissiez	(... that) you were firming up
(... que) ils affermissent	(... that) they were firming up
(... que) elles affermissent	(... that) they were firming up

Imperative		Scored
affermis	Firm up
XX	up
XX	up
affermissons	Let's firm up
affermissez	Firm up
XX	up
XX	up

Present Participle		Scored
affermissant	firming up

Past Participle		Scored
affermi	firmed up

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