affourcher

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

affourcher

  1. (nautuical) to anchor using the "forked moor" technique
  2. to straddle
  3. to attach pieces of wood using tongue and groove

Conjugation

Conjugation of affourcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affourcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affourchant
/a.fuʁ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affourché
/a.fuʁ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affourche
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourches
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourche
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourchons
/a.fuʁ.ʃɔ̃/ 		affourchez
/a.fuʁ.ʃe/ 		affourchent
/a.fuʁʃ/
imperfect affourchais
/a.fuʁ.ʃɛ/ 		affourchais
/a.fuʁ.ʃɛ/ 		affourchait
/a.fuʁ.ʃɛ/ 		affourchions
/a.fuʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		affourchiez
/a.fuʁ.ʃje/ 		affourchaient
/a.fuʁ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 affourchai
/a.fuʁ.ʃe/ 		affourchas
/a.fuʁ.ʃa/ 		affourcha
/a.fuʁ.ʃa/ 		affourchâmes
/a.fuʁ.ʃam/ 		affourchâtes
/a.fuʁ.ʃat/ 		affourchèrent
/a.fuʁ.ʃɛʁ/
future affourcherai
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ 		affourcheras
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ 		affourchera
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ 		affourcherons
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ 		affourcherez
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ 		affourcheront
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affourcherais
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		affourcherais
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		affourcherait
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		affourcherions
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affourcheriez
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		affourcheraient
/a.fuʁ.ʃə.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 affourche
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourches
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourche
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		affourchions
/a.fuʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		affourchiez
/a.fuʁ.ʃje/ 		affourchent
/a.fuʁʃ/
imperfect2 affourchasse
/a.fuʁ.ʃas/ 		affourchasses
/a.fuʁ.ʃas/ 		affourchât
/a.fuʁ.ʃa/ 		affourchassions
/a.fuʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		affourchassiez
/a.fuʁ.ʃa.sje/ 		affourchassent
/a.fuʁ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affourche
/a.fuʁʃ/ 		— affourchons
/a.fuʁ.ʃɔ̃/ 		affourchez
/a.fuʁ.ʃe/ 		—
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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