The French for sniff is the verb flairer

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French for sniff is the regular ER verb flairer, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb flairer - French for sniff

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of flairer, which is French for sniff.

• I sniff.
• you sniffed.
• he will sniff.
• we would sniff.
• they may sniff.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for flairer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE flairer
Simple Tenses flairer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent sniff	flaire	flaires	flaire	flairons	flairez	flairent
Past Imperfect Imparfait sniffed	flairais	flairais	flairait	flairions	flairiez	flairaient
Simple Past Passé Simple sniffed	flairai	flairas	flaira	flairâmes	flairâtes	flairèrent
Future Futur will sniff	flairerai	flaireras	flairera	flairerons	flairerez	flaireront
Conditional Conditionnel would sniff	flairerais	flairerais	flairerait	flairerions	flaireriez	flaireraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may sniff	flaire	flaires	flaire	flairions	flairiez	flairent
Compound Tenses flairer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have sniffed	ai flairé	as flairé	a flairé	avons flairé	avez flairé	ont flairé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had sniffed	avais flairé	avais flairé	avait flairé	avions flairé	aviez flairé	avaient flairé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai flairé	auras flairé	aura flairé	aurons flairé	aurez flairé	auront flairé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have sniffed	aurais flairé	aurais flairé	aurait flairé	aurions flairé	auriez flairé	auraient flairé
Imperative Imperatif sniff!		flaire		flairons	flairez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of flairer the French for sniff
présent de l’indicatif

je flaire
- I sniff
tu flaires
- you sniff - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on flaire
- he, she, it, one sniffs
nous flairons
- we sniff
vous flairez
- you sniff (formal or plural)
ils, elles flairent
- they sniff

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
imparfait de l’indicatif

je flairais
- I sniffed
- I was sniffing
tu flairais
- you sniffed- (familiar or informal)
- you were sniffing
il, elle, on flairait
- he, she, it, one sniffed
- he, she, it, one was sniffing
nous flairions
- we sniffed
- we were sniffing
vous flairiez
- you sniffed- (formal or plural)
- you were sniffing
ils, elles flairaient
- they sniffed
- they were sniffing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
passé simple

je flairai
- I sniffed
tu flairas
- you sniffed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on flaira
- he, she, it, one sniffed
nous flairâmes
- we sniffed
vous flairâtes
- you sniffed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles flairèrent
they sniffed
(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 flairer, the French for sniff
futur

je flairerai
- I will sniff
tu flaireras
- you will sniff (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on flairera
- he, she, it, one will sniff
nous flairerons
- we will sniff
vous flairerez
- you will sniff (formal or plural)
ils, elles flaireront
- they will sniff

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Conditional Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
conditionnel

je flairerais
- I would sniff
tu flairerais
- you would sniff (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on flairerait
- he, she, it, one would sniff
nous flairerions
- we would sniff
vous flaireriez
- you would sniff (formal or plural)
ils, elles flaireraient
- they would sniff

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
présent de subjonctif

que je flaire
- that I may sniff
que tu flaires
- that you may sniff(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on flaire
- that he, she, it, one may sniff
que nous flairions
- that we may sniff
que vous flairiez
- that you may sniff(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles flairent
- that they may sniff

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb flairer - the verb ‘to sniff’ in French

Past Participle of flairer is:
flairé -sniffed.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of flairer - French for sniff
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of flairer - sniff in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of flairer, the French for sniff
impératif

flaire
- sniff!
flairons
- let’s sniff!
flairez
- sniff!

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Present Participle of flairer

flairant - sniffing

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