affilier — French conjugation

to affiliate

Frequency#138Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaffilieI affiliate
tuaffiliesyou affiliate
il/elleaffiliehe/she/it affiliates
nousaffilionswe affiliate
vousaffiliezyou (pl.) affiliate
ils/ellesaffilientthey affiliate

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaffiliaiI affiliated
tuaffiliasyou affiliated
il/elleaffiliahe/she/it affiliated
nousaffiliâmeswe affiliated
vousaffiliâtesyou (pl.) affiliated
ils/ellesaffilièrentthey affiliated

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeaffiliais
tuaffiliais
il/elleaffiliait
nousaffiliions
vousaffiliiez
ils/ellesaffiliaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaffilieraisI would affiliate
tuaffilieraisyou would affiliate
il/elleaffilieraithe/she/it would affiliate
nousaffilierionswe would affiliate
vousaffilieriezyou (pl.) would affiliate
ils/ellesaffilieraientthey would affiliate

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaffilieraiI will affiliate
tuaffilierasyou will affiliate
il/elleaffilierahe/she/it will affiliate
nousaffilieronswe will affiliate
vousaffilierezyou (pl.) will affiliate
ils/ellesaffilierontthey will affiliate

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai affiliéI have affiliated
tutu as affiliéyou have affiliated
il/elleil/elle a affiliéhe/she/it has affiliated
nousnous avons affiliéwe have affiliated
vousvous avez affiliéyou (pl.) have affiliated
ils/ellesils/elles ont affiliéthey have affiliated

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais affiliéI had affiliated
tutu avais affiliéyou had affiliated
il/elleil/elle avait affiliéhe/she/it had affiliated
nousnous avions affiliéwe had affiliated
vousvous aviez affiliéyou (pl.) had affiliated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient affiliéthey had affiliated

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais affilié
tutu aurais affilié
il/elleil/elle aurait affilié
nousnous aurions affilié
vousvous auriez affilié
ils/ellesils/elles auraient affilié

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai affiliéI will have affiliated
tutu auras affiliéyou will have affiliated
il/elleil/elle aura affiliéhe/she/it will have affiliated
nousnous aurons affiliéwe will have affiliated
vousvous aurez affiliéyou (pl.) will have affiliated
ils/ellesils/elles auront affiliéthey will have affiliated

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeaffilie
tuaffilies
il/elleaffilie
nousaffiliions
vousaffiliiez
ils/ellesaffilient

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeaffiliasse
tuaffiliasses
il/elleaffiliât
nousaffiliassions
vousaffiliassiez
ils/ellesaffiliassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuaffilie
nousaffilions
vousaffiliez