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affaiblir
affaiblir
French
Verb
affaiblir
- (transitive) to weaken, to flag, to make weaker, to enfeeble, enervate, attenuate
- (reflexive) to weaken [to become weaker]
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of affaiblir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affaiblir | avoir affaibli | |||||
| gerund | en affaiblissant | en ayant affaibli | |||||
| present participle | affaiblissant /a.fɛ.bli.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affaibli /a.fɛ.bli/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affaiblis /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblis /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblit /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblissons /a.fɛ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
affaiblissez /a.fɛ.bli.se/ |
affaiblissent /a.fɛ.blis/ |
| imperfect | affaiblissais /a.fɛ.bli.sɛ/ |
affaiblissais /a.fɛ.bli.sɛ/ |
affaiblissait /a.fɛ.bli.sɛ/ |
affaiblissions /a.fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
affaiblissiez /a.fɛ.bli.sje/ |
affaiblissaient /a.fɛ.bli.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affaiblis /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblis /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblit /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblîmes /a.fɛ.blim/ |
affaiblîtes /a.fɛ.blit/ |
affaiblirent /a.fɛ.bliʁ/ |
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| future | affaiblirai /a.fɛ.bli.ʁe/ |
affaibliras /a.fɛ.bli.ʁa/ |
affaiblira /a.fɛ.bli.ʁa/ |
affaiblirons /a.fɛ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
affaiblirez /a.fɛ.bli.ʁe/ |
affaibliront /a.fɛ.bli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affaiblirais /a.fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
affaiblirais /a.fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
affaiblirait /a.fɛ.bli.ʁɛ/ |
affaiblirions /a.fɛ.bli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affaibliriez /a.fɛ.bli.ʁje/ |
affaibliraient /a.fɛ.bli.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 | affaiblisse /a.fɛ.blis/ |
affaiblisses /a.fɛ.blis/ |
affaiblisse /a.fɛ.blis/ |
affaiblissions /a.fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
affaiblissiez /a.fɛ.bli.sje/ |
affaiblissent /a.fɛ.blis/ |
| imperfect1 |
affaiblisse /a.fɛ.blis/ |
affaiblisses /a.fɛ.blis/ |
affaiblît /a.fɛ.bli/ |
affaiblissions /a.fɛ.bli.sjɔ̃/ |
affaiblissiez /a.fɛ.bli.sje/ |
affaiblissent /a.fɛ.blis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | affaiblis /a.fɛ.bli/ |
— | affaiblissons /a.fɛ.bli.sɔ̃/ |
affaiblissez /a.fɛ.bli.se/ |
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Derived terms
- affaiblisseur