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affabuler
affabuler
French
Verb
affabuler
- to make up stories, to tell a fable
- Je n'affabule en rien et me borne ici a transcrire ce qu'ils m'ont enseigné.
- I am not making up anything and I am restraining myself to transcribe what they taught me.
- Je n'affabule en rien et me borne ici a transcrire ce qu'ils m'ont enseigné.
Conjugation
Conjugation of affabuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affabuler | avoir affabulé | |||||
| gerund | en affabulant | en ayant affabulé | |||||
| present participle | affabulant /a.fa.by.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affabulé /a.fa.by.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affabule /a.fa.byl/ |
affabules /a.fa.byl/ |
affabule /a.fa.byl/ |
affabulons /a.fa.by.lɔ̃/ |
affabulez /a.fa.by.le/ |
affabulent /a.fa.byl/ |
| imperfect | affabulais /a.fa.by.lɛ/ |
affabulais /a.fa.by.lɛ/ |
affabulait /a.fa.by.lɛ/ |
affabulions /a.fa.by.ljɔ̃/ |
affabuliez /a.fa.by.lje/ |
affabulaient /a.fa.by.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affabulai /a.fa.by.le/ |
affabulas /a.fa.by.la/ |
affabula /a.fa.by.la/ |
affabulâmes /a.fa.by.lam/ |
affabulâtes /a.fa.by.lat/ |
affabulèrent /a.fa.by.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | affabulerai /a.fa.byl.ʁe/ |
affabuleras /a.fa.byl.ʁa/ |
affabulera /a.fa.byl.ʁa/ |
affabulerons /a.fa.byl.ʁɔ̃/ |
affabulerez /a.fa.byl.ʁe/ |
affabuleront /a.fa.byl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affabulerais /a.fa.byl.ʁɛ/ |
affabulerais /a.fa.byl.ʁɛ/ |
affabulerait /a.fa.byl.ʁɛ/ |
affabulerions /a.fa.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affabuleriez /a.fa.by.lə.ʁje/ |
affabuleraient /a.fa.byl.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affabule /a.fa.byl/ |
affabules /a.fa.byl/ |
affabule /a.fa.byl/ |
affabulions /a.fa.by.ljɔ̃/ |
affabuliez /a.fa.by.lje/ |
affabulent /a.fa.byl/ |
| imperfect1 |
affabulasse /a.fa.by.las/ |
affabulasses /a.fa.by.las/ |
affabulât /a.fa.by.la/ |
affabulassions /a.fa.by.la.sjɔ̃/ |
affabulassiez /a.fa.by.la.sje/ |
affabulassent /a.fa.by.las/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | affabule /a.fa.byl/ |
— | affabulons /a.fa.by.lɔ̃/ |
affabulez /a.fa.by.le/ |
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