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Conjugation of the French verb affirmer

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

affirmer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affirmer	to claim

Present		Scored
j'affirme	I claim
tu affirmes	you claim
il affirme	he claims
elle affirme	she claims
nous affirmons	we claim
vous affirmez	you claim
ils affirment	they claim
elles affirment	they claim

Imperfect		Scored
j'affirmais	I was claiming
tu affirmais	you were claiming
il affirmait	he was claiming
elle affirmait	she was claiming
nous affirmions	we were claiming
vous affirmiez	you were claiming
ils affirmaient	they were claiming
elles affirmaient	they were claiming

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'affirmai	I claimed
tu affirmas	you claimed
il affirma	he claimed
elle affirma	she claimed
nous affirmâmes	we claimed
vous affirmâtes	you claimed
ils affirmèrent	they claimed
elles affirmèrent	they claimed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affirmerai	I will claim
tu affirmeras	you will claim
il affirmera	he will claim
elle affirmera	she will claim
nous affirmerons	we will claim
vous affirmerez	you will claim
ils affirmeront	they will claim
elles affirmeront	they will claim

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

Conditional		Scored
j'affirmerais	I would claim
tu affirmerais	you would claim
il affirmerait	he would claim
elle affirmerait	she would claim
nous affirmerions	we would claim
vous affirmeriez	you would claim
ils affirmeraient	they would claim
elles affirmeraient	they would claim

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affirme	(... that) I claim
(... que) tu affirmes	(... that) you claim
(... que) il affirme	(... that) he claims
(... que) elle affirme	(... that) she claims
(... que) nous affirmions	(... that) we claim
(... que) vous affirmiez	(... that) you claim
(... que) ils affirment	(... that) they claim
(... que) elles affirment	(... that) they claim

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affirmasse	(... that) I was claiming
(... que) tu affirmasses	(... that) you were claiming
(... que) il affirmât	(... that) he was claiming
(... que) elle affirmât	(... that) she was claiming
(... que) nous affirmassions	(... that) we were claiming
(... que) vous affirmassiez	(... that) you were claiming
(... que) ils affirmassent	(... that) they were claiming
(... que) elles affirmassent	(... that) they were claiming

Imperative		Scored
affirme	Claim
affirmons	Let's claim
affirmez	Claim

Present Participle		Scored
affirmant	claiming

Past Participle		Scored
affirmé	claimed

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