affermer

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

affermer

  1. to have a leasehold

Conjugation

Conjugation of affermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affermer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affermant
/a.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affermé
/a.fɛʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present afferme
/a.fɛʁm/ 		affermes
/a.fɛʁm/ 		afferme
/a.fɛʁm/ 		affermons
/a.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		affermez
/a.fɛʁ.me/ 		afferment
/a.fɛʁm/
imperfect affermais
/a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		affermais
/a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		affermait
/a.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		affermions
/a.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		affermiez
/a.fɛʁ.mje/ 		affermaient
/a.fɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 affermai
/a.fɛʁ.me/ 		affermas
/a.fɛʁ.ma/ 		afferma
/a.fɛʁ.ma/ 		affermâmes
/a.fɛʁ.mam/ 		affermâtes
/a.fɛʁ.mat/ 		affermèrent
/a.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future affermerai
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		affermeras
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		affermera
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		affermerons
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ 		affermerez
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		affermeront
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affermerais
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		affermerais
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		affermerait
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		affermerions
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affermeriez
/a.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ 		affermeraient
/a.fɛʁ.mə.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 afferme
/a.fɛʁm/ 		affermes
/a.fɛʁm/ 		afferme
/a.fɛʁm/ 		affermions
/a.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		affermiez
/a.fɛʁ.mje/ 		afferment
/a.fɛʁm/
imperfect2 affermasse
/a.fɛʁ.mas/ 		affermasses
/a.fɛʁ.mas/ 		affermât
/a.fɛʁ.ma/ 		affermassions
/a.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		affermassiez
/a.fɛʁ.ma.sje/ 		affermassent
/a.fɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — afferme
/a.fɛʁm/ 		— affermons
/a.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		affermez
/a.fɛʁ.me/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

affermer

  1. Alternative form of affermour

Middle French

Verb

affermer

  1. to affirm

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of affermer
infinitive simple affermer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple affermant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle affermé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present afferme affermes afferme affermons affermez afferment
imperfect affermois, affermoys affermois, affermoys affermoit, affermoyt affermions, affermyons affermiez, affermyez affermoient, affermoyent
past historic afferma affermas afferma affermasmes affermastes affermerent
future affermerai, affermeray affermeras affermera affermerons affermerez affermeront
conditional affermerois, affermeroys affermerois, affermeroys affermeroit, affermeroyt affermerions, affermeryons affermeriez, affermeryez affermeroient, affermeroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present afferme affermes afferme affermons affermez afferment
imperfect affermasse affermasses affermast affermassions affermassiez affermassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — afferme — affermons affermez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

  • French: affirmer
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