L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Introduction to the verb affourcher
The English translation of the French verb affourcher is “to hitch” or “to rig.” It is pronounced as “a-foo-she” in the infinitive form.
The word affourcher comes from the Old French word “forche,” meaning “fork.” The prefix “a-” added to it indicates a direction, so affourcher can be understood as “to place on a fork.”
In everyday French, affourcher is most often used in the L’infinitif Présent tense, which is the basic present tense used to express actions that are currently happening or general truths. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective translations:
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Je vais affourcher les chevaux avant de partir.
(I am going to hitch the horses before leaving.) -
Il faut affourcher le bateau avant de partir en mer.
(We need to rig the boat before going out to sea.) -
Pour faire du camping, il faut savoir affourcher une toile de tente.
(To go camping, you need to know how to pitch a tent.)
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of affourcher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | affourche | Je affourche un cheval. | I saddle a horse. |
tu | affourches | Tu affourches ta moto. | You saddle your motorbike. |
il | affourche | Il affourche un âne. | He saddles a donkey. |
elle | affourche | Elle affourche un vélo. | She saddles a bike. |
on | affourche | On affourche un cheval. | We saddle a horse. |
nous | affourchons | Nous affourchons un cheval. | We saddle a horse. |
vous | affourchez | Vous affourchez un cheval. | You saddle a horse. |
ils | affourchent | Ils affourchent un cheval. | They saddle a horse. |
elles | affourchent | Elles affourchent un cheval. | They saddle a horse. |
Other Conjugations for Affourcher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affourcher (this article)
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Affourcher – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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