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Conjugation of the French verb affiler

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

affiler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affiler	to sharpen

Present		Scored
j'affile	I sharpen
tu affiles	you sharpen
il affile	he sharpens
elle affile	she sharpens
nous affilons	we sharpen
vous affilez	you sharpen
ils affilent	they sharpen
elles affilent	they sharpen

Imperfect		Scored
j'affilais	I was sharpening
tu affilais	you were sharpening
il affilait	he was sharpening
elle affilait	she was sharpening
nous affilions	we were sharpening
vous affiliez	you were sharpening
ils affilaient	they were sharpening
elles affilaient	they were sharpening

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'affilai	I sharpened
tu affilas	you sharpened
il affila	he sharpened
elle affila	she sharpened
nous affilâmes	we sharpened
vous affilâtes	you sharpened
ils affilèrent	they sharpened
elles affilèrent	they sharpened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affilerai	I will sharpen
tu affileras	you will sharpen
il affilera	he will sharpen
elle affilera	she will sharpen
nous affilerons	we will sharpen
vous affilerez	you will sharpen
ils affileront	they will sharpen
elles affileront	they will sharpen

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

Conditional		Scored
j'affilerais	I would sharpen
tu affilerais	you would sharpen
il affilerait	he would sharpen
elle affilerait	she would sharpen
nous affilerions	we would sharpen
vous affileriez	you would sharpen
ils affileraient	they would sharpen
elles affileraient	they would sharpen

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affile	(... that) I sharpen
(... que) tu affiles	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) il affile	(... that) he sharpens
(... que) elle affile	(... that) she sharpens
(... que) nous affilions	(... that) we sharpen
(... que) vous affiliez	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) ils affilent	(... that) they sharpen
(... que) elles affilent	(... that) they sharpen

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affilasse	(... that) I was sharpening
(... que) tu affilasses	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) il affilât	(... that) he was sharpening
(... que) elle affilât	(... that) she was sharpening
(... que) nous affilassions	(... that) we were sharpening
(... que) vous affilassiez	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) ils affilassent	(... that) they were sharpening
(... que) elles affilassent	(... that) they were sharpening

Imperative		Scored
affile	Sharpen
affilons	Let's sharpen
affilez	Sharpen

Present Participle		Scored
affilant	sharpening

Past Participle		Scored
affilé	sharpened

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