affier

Middle French

Etymology

Old French afier.

Verb

affier

1. to promise; to assure; to guarantee

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of affier

infinitive	simple	affier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	affiant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		affié
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	affie	affies	affie	affions	affiez	affient
	imperfect	affiois, affioys	affiois, affioys	affioit, affioyt	affiions, affiyons	affiiez, affiyez	affioient, affioyent
	past historic	affia	affias	affia	affiasmes	affiastes	affierent
	future	affierai, affieray	affieras	affiera	affierons	affierez	affieront
	conditional	affierois, affieroys	affierois, affieroys	affieroit, affieroyt	affierions, affieryons	affieriez, affieryez	affieroient, affieroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	affie	affies	affie	affions	affiez	affient
	imperfect	affiasse	affiasses	affiast	affiassions	affiassiez	affiassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	affie	—	affions	affiez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).