affairer

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French

Etymology

From affaire or a backformation of affairé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.fɛ.ʁe/ ~ /a.fe.ʁe/
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Verb

affairer

  1. (intransitive, rare) to absorb
    Il était affairé par son travail.
    He was absorbed in his work.
  2. (reflexive) to busy oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of affairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affairer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affairant
/a.fɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affairé
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affaire
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affaires
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affaire
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affairons
/a.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɔ̃/ 		affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/ 		affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/ 		affairais
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/ 		affairait
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/ 		affairions
/a.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁje/ 		affairaient
/a.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛ/
past historic2 affairai
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/ 		affairas
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/ 		affaira
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/ 		affairâmes
/a.fɛ.ʁam/ or /a.fe.ʁam/ 		affairâtes
/a.fɛ.ʁat/ or /a.fe.ʁat/ 		affairèrent
/a.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /a.fe.ʁɛʁ/
future affairerai
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁe/ 		affaireras
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁa/ 		affairera
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁa/ 		affairerons
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		affairerez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁe/ 		affaireront
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affairerais
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affairerait
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affairerions
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affaireriez
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁje/ 		affaireraient
/a.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /a.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affaire
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affaires
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affaire
/a.fɛʁ/ 		affairions
/a.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affairiez
/a.fɛ.ʁje/ or /a.fe.ʁje/ 		affairent
/a.fɛʁ/
imperfect2 affairasse
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/ 		affairasses
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/ 		affairât
/a.fɛ.ʁa/ or /a.fe.ʁa/ 		affairassions
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		affairassiez
/a.fɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /a.fe.ʁa.sje/ 		affairassent
/a.fɛ.ʁas/ or /a.fe.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affaire
/a.fɛʁ/ 		— affairons
/a.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.fe.ʁɔ̃/ 		affairez
/a.fɛ.ʁe/ or /a.fe.ʁe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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