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Verb conjugation

affourcher

to anchor using the "forked moor" technique; to straddle

Usage

Affourcher is chiefly a nautical term meaning to moor a vessel using two anchors whose cables cross in a fork shape, for extra stability. It also has a rare carpentry sense (joining a grooved and a tongued piece of wood).

Examples
  • Le capitaine a fait affourcher le navire avant la tempête.The captain had the ship moored with two crossed anchors before the storm.
  • Affourcher offre une meilleure tenue par gros temps.Mooring this way holds better in rough weather.
  • Le charpentier affourche les deux pièces de bois.The carpenter joins the two pieces of wood.
Common mistake

Learners assume affourcher is a general word for "to anchor" — it specifically means anchoring with two crossed anchor lines for stability, a distinct technique from simply dropping one anchor (mouiller).

Often confused with ancrer.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaffourche
tuaffourches
il/elleaffourche
nousaffourchons
vousaffourchez
ils/ellesaffourchent

Imperfect

jeaffourchais
tuaffourchais
il/elleaffourchait
nousaffourchions
vousaffourchiez
ils/ellesaffourchaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaffourchai
tuaffourchas
il/elleaffourcha
nousaffourchâmes
vousaffourchâtes
ils/ellesaffourchèrent

Future

jeaffourcherai
tuaffourcheras
il/elleaffourchera
nousaffourcherons
vousaffourcherez
ils/ellesaffourcheront

Conditional

jeaffourcherais
tuaffourcherais
il/elleaffourcherait
nousaffourcherions
vousaffourcheriez
ils/ellesaffourcheraient

Subjunctive

jeaffourche
tuaffourches
il/elleaffourche
nousaffourchions
vousaffourchiez
ils/ellesaffourchent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaffourchasse
tuaffourchasses
il/elleaffourchât
nousaffourchassions
vousaffourchassiez
ils/ellesaffourchassent

Imperative

tuaffourche
nousaffourchons
vousaffourchez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai affourché
tuas affourché
il/ellea affourché
nousavons affourché
vousavez affourché
ils/ellesont affourché

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais affourché
tuavais affourché
il/elleavait affourché
nousavions affourché
vousaviez affourché
ils/ellesavaient affourché

Passé antérieur

jeeus affourché
tueus affourché
il/elleeut affourché
nouseûmes affourché
vouseûtes affourché
ils/elleseurent affourché

Futur antérieur

jeaurai affourché
tuauras affourché
il/elleaura affourché
nousaurons affourché
vousaurez affourché
ils/ellesauront affourché

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais affourché
tuaurais affourché
il/elleaurait affourché
nousaurions affourché
vousauriez affourché
ils/ellesauraient affourché

Subjonctif passé

jeaie affourché
tuaies affourché
il/elleait affourché
nousayons affourché
vousayez affourché
ils/ellesaient affourché

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse affourché
tueusses affourché
il/elleeût affourché
nouseussions affourché
vouseussiez affourché
ils/elleseussent affourché

Impératif passé

tuaie affourché
nousayons affourché
vousayez affourché

Other

Present participle

affourchant

Past participle

affourché

Infinitive

affourcher

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Frequently asked questions

What does "affourcher" mean?

"affourcher" means "to anchor using the "forked moor" technique; to straddle".

How do you conjugate "affourcher" in the present tense?

The present of "affourcher" is: je affourche, tu affourches, il/elle affourche, nous affourchons, vous affourchez, ils/elles affourchent.

What is the Passé composé of "affourcher"?

The passé composé of "affourcher" is: je ai affourché, tu as affourché, il/elle a affourché, nous avons affourché, vous avez affourché, ils/elles ont affourché.

What is the Imperative of "affourcher"?

The imperative of "affourcher" is: tu affourche, nous affourchons, vous affourchez.