The French for refine, improve is the verb affiner

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French for refine, improve is the regular ER verb affiner, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb affiner - French for refine, improve

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of affiner, which is French for refine, improve.

• I refine, improve.
• you refined.
• he will refine, improve.
• we would refine, improve.
• they may refine, improve.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for affiner, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE affiner
Simple Tenses affiner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent refine, improve	affine	affines	affine	affinons	affinez	affinent
Past Imperfect Imparfait refined	affinais	affinais	affinait	affinions	affiniez	affinaient
Simple Past Passé Simple refined	affinai	affinas	affina	affinâmes	affinâtes	affinèrent
Future Futur will refine, improve	affinerai	affineras	affinera	affinerons	affinerez	affineront
Conditional Conditionnel would refine, improve	affinerais	affinerais	affinerait	affinerions	affineriez	affineraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may refine, improve	affine	affines	affine	affinions	affiniez	affinent
Compound Tenses affiner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have refined	ai affiné	as affiné	a affiné	avons affiné	avez affiné	ont affiné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had refined	avais affiné	avais affiné	avait affiné	avions affiné	aviez affiné	avaient affiné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai affiné	auras affiné	aura affiné	aurons affiné	aurez affiné	auront affiné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have refined	aurais affiné	aurais affiné	aurait affiné	aurions affiné	auriez affiné	auraient affiné
Imperative Imperatif refine, improve!		affine		affinons	affinez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of affiner the French for refine, improve
présent de l’indicatif

j’affine
- I refine, improve
tu affines
- you refine, improve - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on affine
- he, she, it, one refines
nous affinons
- we refine, improve
vous affinez
- you refine, improve (formal or plural)
ils, elles affinent
- they refine, improve

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’affinais
- I refined
- I was refining
tu affinais
- you refined- (familiar or informal)
- you were refining
il, elle, on affinait
- he, she, it, one refined
- he, she, it, one was refining
nous affinions
- we refined
- we were refining
vous affiniez
- you refined- (formal or plural)
- you were refining
ils, elles affinaient
- they refined
- they were refining

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
passé simple

j’affinai
- I refined
tu affinas
- you refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on affina
- he, she, it, one refined
nous affinâmes
- we refined
vous affinâtes
- you refined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles affinèrent
they refined
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
futur

j’affinerai
- I will refine, improve
tu affineras
- you will refine, improve (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on affinera
- he, she, it, one will refine, improve
nous affinerons
- we will refine, improve
vous affinerez
- you will refine, improve (formal or plural)
ils, elles affineront
- they will refine, improve

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Conditional Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
conditionnel

j’affinerais
- I would refine, improve
tu affinerais
- you would refine, improve (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on affinerait
- he, she, it, one would refine, improve
nous affinerions
- we would refine, improve
vous affineriez
- you would refine, improve (formal or plural)
ils, elles affineraient
- they would refine, improve

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
présent de subjonctif

que j’affine
- that I may refine, improve
que tu affines
- that you may refine, improve(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on affine
- that he, she, it, one may refine, improve
que nous affinions
- that we may refine, improve
que vous affiniez
- that you may refine, improve(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles affinent
- that they may refine, improve

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb affiner - the verb ‘to refine, improve’ in French

Past Participle of affiner is:
affiné -refined.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have refined
• you had refined
• he will have refined
• we would have refined

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of affiner - French for refine, improve
passé composé

Here’s the French for refine, improve conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai affiné
- I have refined or I did refine, improve or
- I refined
tu as affiné
- you have refined or you did refine, improve - (familiar or informal) or
- you refined
il, elle, on a affiné
- he, she, it, one has refine, improve or did refine, improve
- he, she, it refined
nous avons affiné
- we have refined or we did refine, improve
- we refined
vous avez affiné
- you have refined or you did refine, improve (formal or plural) or
- or we refined
ils, elles ont affiné
- they have refined or they did refine, improve
- they refined

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of affiner - refine, improve in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -refine, improve conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais affiné
- I had refined
tu avais affiné
- you had refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait affiné
- he, she, it, one had refined
nous avions affiné
- we had refined
vous aviez affiné
- you had refined (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient affiné
- they had refined

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
futur antérieur

j’aurai affiné
- I will have
tu auras affiné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura affiné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons affiné
- we will have
vous aurez affiné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront affiné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
conditionnel passé

j’aurais affiné
- I would have refined
tu aurais affiné
- you would have refined- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait affiné
- he, she, it, one would have refined
nous aurions affiné
- we would have refined
vous auriez affiné
- you would have refined- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient affiné
- they would have refined

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Imperative Tense conjugations of affiner, the French for refine, improve
impératif

affine
- refine, improve!
affinons
- let’s refine, improve!
affinez
- refine, improve!

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Present Participle of affiner

affinant - refining

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