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Conjugation of the French verb affuter

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

affuter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affuter	to sharpen

Present		Scored
j'affute	I sharpen
tu affutes	you sharpen
il affute	he sharpens
elle affute	she sharpens
nous affutons	we sharpen
vous affutez	you sharpen
ils affutent	they sharpen
elles affutent	they sharpen

Imperfect		Scored
j'affutais	I was sharpening
tu affutais	you were sharpening
il affutait	he was sharpening
elle affutait	she was sharpening
nous affutions	we were sharpening
vous affutiez	you were sharpening
ils affutaient	they were sharpening
elles affutaient	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'affutai	I sharpened
tu affutas	you sharpened
il affuta	he sharpened
elle affuta	she sharpened
nous affutâmes	we sharpened
vous affutâtes	you sharpened
ils affutèrent	they sharpened
elles affutèrent	they sharpened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affuterai	I will sharpen
tu affuteras	you will sharpen
il affutera	he will sharpen
elle affutera	she will sharpen
nous affuterons	we will sharpen
vous affuterez	you will sharpen
ils affuteront	they will sharpen
elles affuteront	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 affuté	I will have sharpened
tu auras affuté	you will have sharpened
il aura affuté	he will have sharpened
elle aura affuté	she will have sharpened
nous aurons affuté	we will have sharpened
vous aurez affuté	you will have sharpened
ils auront affuté	they will have sharpened
elles auront affuté	they will have sharpened

Conditional		Scored
j'affuterais	I would sharpen
tu affuterais	you would sharpen
il affuterait	he would sharpen
elle affuterait	she would sharpen
nous affuterions	we would sharpen
vous affuteriez	you would sharpen
ils affuteraient	they would sharpen
elles affuteraient	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 affuté	I would have sharpened
tu aurais affuté	you would have sharpened
il aurait affuté	he would have sharpened
elle aurait affuté	she would have sharpened
nous aurions affuté	we would have sharpened
vous auriez affuté	you would have sharpened
ils auraient affuté	they would have sharpened
elles auraient affuté	they would have sharpened

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affute	(... that) I sharpen
(... que) tu affutes	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) il affute	(... that) he sharpens
(... que) elle affute	(... that) she sharpens
(... que) nous affutions	(... that) we sharpen
(... que) vous affutiez	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) ils affutent	(... that) they sharpen
(... que) elles affutent	(... that) they sharpen

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affutasse	(... that) I was sharpening
(... que) tu affutasses	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) il affutât	(... that) he was sharpening
(... que) elle affutât	(... that) she was sharpening
(... que) nous affutassions	(... that) we were sharpening
(... que) vous affutassiez	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) ils affutassent	(... that) they were sharpening
(... que) elles affutassent	(... that) they were sharpening

Imperative		Scored
affute	Sharpen
affutons	Let's sharpen
affutez	Sharpen

Present Participle		Scored
affutant	sharpening

Past Participle		Scored
affuté	sharpened

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