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affranchir
affranchir
French
Verb
affranchir
- (transitive) to free, liberate, enfranchise, emancipate
- (transitive) to discharge, exempt
- (transitive) to prepay (postage), frank (a letter)
- (slang, transitive) to pervert
- (slang, transitive) to inform
- (reflexive) to release or free oneself
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 affranchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | affranchir | avoir affranchi | |||||
| gerund | en affranchissant | en ayant affranchi | |||||
| present participle | affranchissant /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | affranchi /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | affranchis /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchis /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchit /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchissons /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
affranchissez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
affranchissent /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | affranchissais /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
affranchissais /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
affranchissait /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
affranchissions /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
affranchissiez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
affranchissaient /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | affranchis /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchis /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchit /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchîmes /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃim/ |
affranchîtes /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃit/ |
affranchirent /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ |
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| future | affranchirai /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
affranchiras /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
affranchira /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
affranchirons /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
affranchirez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
affranchiront /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | affranchirais /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
affranchirais /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
affranchirait /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
affranchirions /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affranchiriez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁje/ |
affranchiraient /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.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 | affranchisse /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
affranchisses /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
affranchisse /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
affranchissions /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
affranchissiez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
affranchissent /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect1 |
affranchisse /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
affranchisses /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
affranchît /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
affranchissions /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
affranchissiez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
affranchissent /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | affranchis /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
— | affranchissons /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
affranchissez /a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
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