French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je m’ | affale | affalais | affalerai | affalerais | affale | affalasse | ||
| tu t’ | affales | affalais | affaleras | affalerais | affales | affalasses | ||
| il s’ | affale | affalait | affalera | affalerait | affale | affalât | ||
| nous nous | affalons | affalions | affalerons | affalerions | affalions | affalassions | ||
| vous vous | affalez | affaliez | affalerez | affaleriez | affaliez | affalassiez | ||
| ils s’ | affalent | affalaient | affaleront | affaleraient | affalent | affalassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| je me / m’ | suis affalé | étais affalé | serai affalé | serais affalé | sois affalé | fusse affalé | ||
| tu te / t’ | es affalé | étais affalé | seras affalé | serais affalé | sois affalé | fusses affalé | ||
| il se / s’ | est affalé | était affalé | sera affalé | serait affalé | soit affalé | fût affalé | ||
| nous nous | sommes affalés | étions affalés | serons affalés | serions affalés | soyons affalés | fussions affalés | ||
| vous vous | êtes affalé(s) | étiez affalé(s) | serez affalé(s) | seriez affalé(s) | soyez affalé(s) | fussiez affalé(s) | ||
| ils se / s’ | sont affalés | étaient affalés | seront affalés | seraient affalés | soient affalés | fussent affalés | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je me / m’ | affalai | fus affalé | (tu) | affale-toi | Present | s’affalant | ||
| tu te / t’ | affalas | fus affalé | (nous) | affalons-nous | Past | affalé | ||
| il se / s’ | affala | fut affalé | (vous) | affalez-vous | Perfect | s’étant affalé | ||
| nous nous | affalâmes | fûmes affalés | Past imperative | |||||
| vous vous | affalâtes | fûtes affalé(s) | n/a | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils se / s’ | affalèrent | furent affalés | s’être affalé | |||||
S’affaler is a regular -er pronominal verb.


The Subjunctivisor is an interactive tool that will advise you on whether to use the subjunctive or indicative with more than 275 French verbs, expressions, and conjunctions.
Knowing whether to use the passé composé or imparfait is particularly difficult when translating certain verbs into French. Very broadly speaking, the imperfect is equivalent to was/were + ___ing, but some English verbs are not often used in this form. So when translating was, had, and liked into French, you have to think about the meaning in order to decide which tense to use.
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