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affoler
affoler
French
Verb
affoler
- (transitive) to madden, drive crazy (under the effects of a strong emotion)
- (transitive) to terrify, frighten, scare
- (intransitive) to run like crazy, leg it
- (reflexive) to go crazy, go bonkers
- (reflexive, informal) to hurry up, to make haste
Conjugation
Conjugation of affoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affoler | avoir affolé | |||||
| gerund | en affolant | en ayant affolé | |||||
| present participle | affolant /a.fɔ.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affolé /a.fɔ.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 | affole /a.fɔl/ |
affoles /a.fɔl/ |
affole /a.fɔl/ |
affolons /a.fɔ.lɔ̃/ |
affolez /a.fɔ.le/ |
affolent /a.fɔl/ |
| imperfect | affolais /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolais /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolait /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolions /a.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
affoliez /a.fɔ.lje/ |
affolaient /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affolai /a.fɔ.le/ |
affolas /a.fɔ.la/ |
affola /a.fɔ.la/ |
affolâmes /a.fɔ.lam/ |
affolâtes /a.fɔ.lat/ |
affolèrent /a.fɔ.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | affolerai /a.fɔl.ʁe/ |
affoleras /a.fɔl.ʁa/ |
affolera /a.fɔl.ʁa/ |
affolerons /a.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
affolerez /a.fɔl.ʁe/ |
affoleront /a.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affolerais /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerais /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerait /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerions /a.fɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affoleriez /a.fɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
affoleraient /a.fɔl.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 | affole /a.fɔl/ |
affoles /a.fɔl/ |
affole /a.fɔl/ |
affolions /a.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
affoliez /a.fɔ.lje/ |
affolent /a.fɔl/ |
| imperfect1 |
affolasse /a.fɔ.las/ |
affolasses /a.fɔ.las/ |
affolât /a.fɔ.la/ |
affolassions /a.fɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
affolassiez /a.fɔ.la.sje/ |
affolassent /a.fɔ.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 | – | |
| — | affole /a.fɔl/ |
— | affolons /a.fɔ.lɔ̃/ |
affolez /a.fɔ.le/ |
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