affoler
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fɔ.le/
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Verb
affoler
- (transitive) to madden, drive crazy (under the effects of a strong emotion)
- (transitive) to terrify, frighten, scare
- (intransitive) to run like crazy, leg it
- (reflexive) to go crazy, go bonkers
- (reflexive, informal) to hurry up, to make haste
Conjugation
Conjugation of affoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | affoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | affolant /a.fɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | affolé /a.fɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | affole /a.fɔl/ |
affoles /a.fɔl/ |
affole /a.fɔl/ |
affolons /a.fɔ.lɔ̃/ |
affolez /a.fɔ.le/ |
affolent /a.fɔl/ |
| imperfect | affolais /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolais /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolait /a.fɔ.lɛ/ |
affolions /a.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
affoliez /a.fɔ.lje/ |
affolaient /a.fɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | affolai /a.fɔ.le/ |
affolas /a.fɔ.la/ |
affola /a.fɔ.la/ |
affolâmes /a.fɔ.lam/ |
affolâtes /a.fɔ.lat/ |
affolèrent /a.fɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | affolerai /a.fɔl.ʁe/ |
affoleras /a.fɔl.ʁa/ |
affolera /a.fɔl.ʁa/ |
affolerons /a.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
affolerez /a.fɔl.ʁe/ |
affoleront /a.fɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | affolerais /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerais /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerait /a.fɔl.ʁɛ/ |
affolerions /a.fɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
affoleriez /a.fɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
affoleraient /a.fɔl.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 | affole /a.fɔl/ |
affoles /a.fɔl/ |
affole /a.fɔl/ |
affolions /a.fɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
affoliez /a.fɔ.lje/ |
affolent /a.fɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | affolasse /a.fɔ.las/ |
affolasses /a.fɔ.las/ |
affolât /a.fɔ.la/ |
affolassions /a.fɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
affolassiez /a.fɔ.la.sje/ |
affolassent /a.fɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | affole /a.fɔl/ |
— | affolons /a.fɔ.lɔ̃/ |
affolez /a.fɔ.le/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “affoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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