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affronter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' affronte tu affrontes il/elle affronte nous affrontons vous affrontez ils/elles affrontent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai affronté tu as affronté il/elle a affronté nous avons affronté vous avez affronté ils/elles ont affronté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' affrontais tu affrontais il/elle affrontait nous affrontions vous affrontiez ils/elles affrontaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais affronté tu avais affronté il/elle avait affronté nous avions affronté vous aviez affronté ils/elles avaient affronté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' affronterai tu affronteras il/elle affrontera nous affronterons vous affronterez ils/elles affronteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai affronté tu auras affronté il/elle aura affronté nous aurons affronté vous aurez affronté ils/elles auront affronté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' affronterais tu affronterais il/elle affronterait nous affronterions vous affronteriez ils/elles affronteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais affronté tu aurais affronté il/elle aurait affronté nous aurions affronté vous auriez affronté ils/elles auraient affronté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' affronte tu affrontes il/elle affronte nous affrontions vous affrontiez ils/elles affrontent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie affronté tu aies affronté il/elle ait affronté nous ayons affronté vous ayez affronté ils/elles aient affronté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' affrontai tu affrontas il/elle affronta nous affrontâmes vous affrontâtes ils/elles affrontèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus affronté tu eus affronté il/elle eut affronté nous eûmes affronté vous eûtes affronté ils/elles eurent affronté 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.