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affermir
affermir
French
Verb
affermir
- to firm up
- to strengthen
- to make firmer
- (reflexive) to become firmer, sharper or stronger
- (reflexive) to firm up
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 affermir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affermir | avoir affermi | |||||
| gerund | en affermissant | en ayant affermi | |||||
| present participle | affermissant /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affermi /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affermis /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermis /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermit /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermissons /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
affermissez /a.fɛʁ.mi.se/ |
affermissent /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
| imperfect | affermissais /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
affermissais /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
affermissait /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
affermissions /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
affermissiez /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
affermissaient /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affermis /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermis /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermit /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermîmes /a.fɛʁ.mim/ |
affermîtes /a.fɛʁ.mit/ |
affermirent /a.fɛʁ.miʁ/ |
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| future | affermirai /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
affermiras /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
affermira /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
affermirons /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
affermirez /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
affermiront /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affermirais /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
affermirais /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
affermirait /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
affermirions /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affermiriez /a.fɛʁ.mi.ʁje/ |
affermiraient /a.fɛʁ.mi.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 | affermisse /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
affermisses /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
affermisse /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
affermissions /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
affermissiez /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
affermissent /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
| imperfect1 |
affermisse /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
affermisses /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
affermît /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
affermissions /a.fɛʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
affermissiez /a.fɛʁ.mi.sje/ |
affermissent /a.fɛʁ.mis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | affermis /a.fɛʁ.mi/ |
— | affermissons /a.fɛʁ.mi.sɔ̃/ |
affermissez /a.fɛʁ.mi.se/ |
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