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Conjugation of the French verb affronter

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

affronter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affronter	to face

Present		Scored
j'affronte	I face
tu affrontes	you face
il affronte	he faces
elle affronte	she faces
nous affrontons	we face
vous affrontez	you face
ils affrontent	they face
elles affrontent	they face

Imperfect		Scored
j'affrontais	I was facing
tu affrontais	you were facing
il affrontait	he was facing
elle affrontait	she was facing
nous affrontions	we were facing
vous affrontiez	you were facing
ils affrontaient	they were facing
elles affrontaient	they were facing

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'affrontai	I faced
tu affrontas	you faced
il affronta	he faced
elle affronta	she faced
nous affrontâmes	we faced
vous affrontâtes	you faced
ils affrontèrent	they faced
elles affrontèrent	they faced

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affronterai	I will face
tu affronteras	you will face
il affrontera	he will face
elle affrontera	she will face
nous affronterons	we will face
vous affronterez	you will face
ils affronteront	they will face
elles affronteront	they will face

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

Conditional		Scored
j'affronterais	I would face
tu affronterais	you would face
il affronterait	he would face
elle affronterait	she would face
nous affronterions	we would face
vous affronteriez	you would face
ils affronteraient	they would face
elles affronteraient	they would face

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affronte	(... that) I face
(... que) tu affrontes	(... that) you face
(... que) il affronte	(... that) he faces
(... que) elle affronte	(... that) she faces
(... que) nous affrontions	(... that) we face
(... que) vous affrontiez	(... that) you face
(... que) ils affrontent	(... that) they face
(... que) elles affrontent	(... that) they face

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affrontasse	(... that) I was facing
(... que) tu affrontasses	(... that) you were facing
(... que) il affrontât	(... that) he was facing
(... que) elle affrontât	(... that) she was facing
(... que) nous affrontassions	(... that) we were facing
(... que) vous affrontassiez	(... that) you were facing
(... que) ils affrontassent	(... that) they were facing
(... que) elles affrontassent	(... that) they were facing

Imperative		Scored
affronte	Face
affrontons	Let's face
affrontez	Face

Present Participle		Scored
affrontant	facing

Past Participle		Scored
affronté	faced

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