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affirmer: Conjugation

The affirmer conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb affirmer according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of affirmer, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of affirmer at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' affirme tu affirmes il/elle affirme nous affirmons vous affirmez ils/elles affirment Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai affirmé tu as affirmé il/elle a affirmé nous avons affirmé vous avez affirmé ils/elles ont affirmé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' affirmais tu affirmais il/elle affirmait nous affirmions vous affirmiez ils/elles affirmaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais affirmé tu avais affirmé il/elle avait affirmé nous avions affirmé vous aviez affirmé ils/elles avaient affirmé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' affirmerai tu affirmeras il/elle affirmera nous affirmerons vous affirmerez ils/elles affirmeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai affirmé tu auras affirmé il/elle aura affirmé nous aurons affirmé vous aurez affirmé ils/elles auront affirmé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' affirmerais tu affirmerais il/elle affirmerait nous affirmerions vous affirmeriez ils/elles affirmeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais affirmé tu aurais affirmé il/elle aurait affirmé nous aurions affirmé vous auriez affirmé ils/elles auraient affirmé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' affirme tu affirmes il/elle affirme nous affirmions vous affirmiez ils/elles affirment Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie affirmé tu aies affirmé il/elle ait affirmé nous ayons affirmé vous ayez affirmé ils/elles aient affirmé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' affirmai tu affirmas il/elle affirma nous affirmâmes vous affirmâtes ils/elles affirmèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus affirmé tu eus affirmé il/elle eut affirmé nous eûmes affirmé vous eûtes affirmé ils/elles eurent affirmé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.