affaler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch afhalen (“to pick up”) or afvallen (“to fall off”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
affaler
Conjugation
Conjugation of affaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affaler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affalant /a.fa.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affalé /a.fa.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affale /a.fal/ |
affales /a.fal/ |
affale /a.fal/ |
affalons /a.fa.lɔ̃/ |
affalez /a.fa.le/ |
affalent /a.fal/ |
| imperfect | affalais /a.fa.lɛ/ |
affalais /a.fa.lɛ/ |
affalait /a.fa.lɛ/ |
affalions /a.fa.ljɔ̃/ |
affaliez /a.fa.lje/ |
affalaient /a.fa.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affalai /a.fa.le/ |
affalas /a.fa.la/ |
affala /a.fa.la/ |
affalâmes /a.fa.lam/ |
affalâtes /a.fa.lat/ |
affalèrent /a.fa.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | affalerai /a.fal.ʁe/ |
affaleras /a.fal.ʁa/ |
affalera /a.fal.ʁa/ |
affalerons /a.fal.ʁɔ̃/ |
affalerez /a.fal.ʁe/ |
affaleront /a.fal.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affalerais /a.fal.ʁɛ/ |
affalerais /a.fal.ʁɛ/ |
affalerait /a.fal.ʁɛ/ |
affalerions /a.fa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affaleriez /a.fa.lə.ʁje/ |
affaleraient /a.fal.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affale /a.fal/ |
affales /a.fal/ |
affale /a.fal/ |
affalions /a.fa.ljɔ̃/ |
affaliez /a.fa.lje/ |
affalent /a.fal/ |
| imperfect2 | affalasse /a.fa.las/ |
affalasses /a.fa.las/ |
affalât /a.fa.la/ |
affalassions /a.fa.la.sjɔ̃/ |
affalassiez /a.fa.la.sje/ |
affalassent /a.fa.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affale /a.fal/ |
— | affalons /a.fa.lɔ̃/ |
affalez /a.fa.le/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “affaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.