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Conjugation of the French verb affûter

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

affûter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
affûter	to sharpen

Present		Scored
j'affûte	I sharpen
tu affûtes	you sharpen
il affûte	he sharpens
elle affûte	she sharpens
nous affûtons	we sharpen
vous affûtez	you sharpen
ils affûtent	they sharpen
elles affûtent	they sharpen

Imperfect		Scored
j'affûtais	I was sharpening
tu affûtais	you were sharpening
il affûtait	he was sharpening
elle affûtait	she was sharpening
nous affûtions	we were sharpening
vous affûtiez	you were sharpening
ils affûtaient	they were sharpening
elles affûtaient	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'affûtai	I sharpened
tu affûtas	you sharpened
il affûta	he sharpened
elle affûta	she sharpened
nous affûtâmes	we sharpened
vous affûtâtes	you sharpened
ils affûtèrent	they sharpened
elles affûtèrent	they sharpened

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

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

Future		Scored
j'affûterai	I will sharpen
tu affûteras	you will sharpen
il affûtera	he will sharpen
elle affûtera	she will sharpen
nous affûterons	we will sharpen
vous affûterez	you will sharpen
ils affûteront	they will sharpen
elles affûteront	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 affûté	I will have sharpened
tu auras affûté	you will have sharpened
il aura affûté	he will have sharpened
elle aura affûté	she will have sharpened
nous aurons affûté	we will have sharpened
vous aurez affûté	you will have sharpened
ils auront affûté	they will have sharpened
elles auront affûté	they will have sharpened

Conditional		Scored
j'affûterais	I would sharpen
tu affûterais	you would sharpen
il affûterait	he would sharpen
elle affûterait	she would sharpen
nous affûterions	we would sharpen
vous affûteriez	you would sharpen
ils affûteraient	they would sharpen
elles affûteraient	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 affûté	I would have sharpened
tu aurais affûté	you would have sharpened
il aurait affûté	he would have sharpened
elle aurait affûté	she would have sharpened
nous aurions affûté	we would have sharpened
vous auriez affûté	you would have sharpened
ils auraient affûté	they would have sharpened
elles auraient affûté	they would have sharpened

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affûte	(... that) I sharpen
(... que) tu affûtes	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) il affûte	(... that) he sharpens
(... que) elle affûte	(... that) she sharpens
(... que) nous affûtions	(... that) we sharpen
(... que) vous affûtiez	(... that) you sharpen
(... que) ils affûtent	(... that) they sharpen
(... que) elles affûtent	(... that) they sharpen

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'affûtasse	(... that) I was sharpening
(... que) tu affûtasses	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) il affûtât	(... that) he was sharpening
(... que) elle affûtât	(... that) she was sharpening
(... que) nous affûtassions	(... that) we were sharpening
(... que) vous affûtassiez	(... that) you were sharpening
(... que) ils affûtassent	(... that) they were sharpening
(... que) elles affûtassent	(... that) they were sharpening

Imperative		Scored
affûte	Sharpen
affûtons	Let's sharpen
affûtez	Sharpen

Present Participle		Scored
affûtant	sharpening

Past Participle		Scored
affûté	sharpened

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