Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Introduction to the verb affabuler
The English translation of the French verb affabuler is “to make up stories” or “to fabricate”. It is pronounced “ah-fah-byoo-lay”.
Affabuler comes from the French noun “fabulation”, meaning “fable” or “story”, which in turn comes from the Latin word “fabula”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Présent tense, which is used to express a possibility or hypothetical situation.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Si j’étais un écrivain, j’affabulerais des histoires extraordinaires. (If I were a writer, I would make up extraordinary stories.)
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Tu te trompes si tu crois qu’il t’affabulera encore avec ses mensonges. (You’re mistaken if you think he will continue to fabricate lies to you.)
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Nous affabulerions un plan pour échapper à la police. (We would make up a plan to escape from the police.)
English translations:
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If I were a writer, I would make up extraordinary stories.
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You’re mistaken if you think he will continue to fabricate lies to you.
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We would make up a plan to escape from the police.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of affabuler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | affabulerais | Je affabulerais avec mes amis. | I would fabricate with my friends. |
tu | affabulerais | Tu affabulerais toujours. | You would always fabricate. |
il | affabulerait | Il affabulerait à propos de son travail. | He would fabricate about his work. |
elle | affabulerait | Elle affabulerait pour éviter la confrontation. | She would fabricate to avoid confrontation. |
on | affabulerait | On affabulerait pour se faire des excuses. | One would fabricate to make excuses. |
nous | affabulerions | Nous affabulerions une histoire drôle. | We would fabricate a funny story. |
vous | affabuleriez | Vous affabuleriez pour impressionner. | You would fabricate to impress. |
ils | affabuleraient | Ils affabuleraient pour se faire pardonner. | They would fabricate to apologize. |
elles | affabuleraient | Elles affabuleraient pour faire semblant. | They would fabricate to pretend. |
Other Conjugations for Affabuler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affabuler
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Affabuler – About the French Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Polite Requests
Expressing Hypothetical Situations
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Summary
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