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 | |||||
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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
- affolement
Further reading
- “affoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.