affaler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch afhalen (“to pick up”) or afvallen (“to fall off”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

affaler

1. (nautical, of sails) to lower, let down
2. (reflexive) to slump, slouch, plop down

Conjugation

Conjugation of affaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	affaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	affalant /a.fa.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		affalé /a.fa.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affale /a.fal/	affales /a.fal/	affale /a.fal/	affalons /a.fa.lɔ̃/	affalez /a.fa.le/	affalent /a.fal/
	imperfect	affalais /a.fa.lɛ/	affalais /a.fa.lɛ/	affalait /a.fa.lɛ/	affalions /a.fa.ljɔ̃/	affaliez /a.fa.lje/	affalaient /a.fa.lɛ/
	past historic2	affalai /a.fa.le/	affalas /a.fa.la/	affala /a.fa.la/	affalâmes /a.fa.lam/	affalâtes /a.fa.lat/	affalèrent /a.fa.lɛʁ/
	future	affalerai /a.fal.ʁe/	affaleras /a.fal.ʁa/	affalera /a.fal.ʁa/	affalerons /a.fal.ʁɔ̃/	affalerez /a.fal.ʁe/	affaleront /a.fal.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	affalerais /a.fal.ʁɛ/	affalerais /a.fal.ʁɛ/	affalerait /a.fal.ʁɛ/	affalerions /a.fa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	affaleriez /a.fa.lə.ʁje/	affaleraient /a.fal.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	affale /a.fal/	affales /a.fal/	affale /a.fal/	affalions /a.fa.ljɔ̃/	affaliez /a.fa.lje/	affalent /a.fal/
	imperfect2	affalasse /a.fa.las/	affalasses /a.fa.las/	affalât /a.fa.la/	affalassions /a.fa.la.sjɔ̃/	affalassiez /a.fa.la.sje/	affalassent /a.fa.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affale /a.fal/	—	affalons /a.fa.lɔ̃/	affalez /a.fa.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• affalable

Further reading

• “affaler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.