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affiner

to refine

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Conjugation of affiner

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
j’affine
I refine
tu affines
you refine
il/elle/on affine
he/she/it refines
nous affinons
we refine
vous affinez
you all refine
ils/elles affinent
they refine
Present perfect tense
j’ai affiné
I refined
tu as affiné
you refined
il/elle/on a affiné
he/she/it refined
nous avons affiné
we refined
vous avez affiné
you all refined
ils/elles ont affiné
they refined
Past impf. tense
j’affinais
I was refining
tu affinais
you were refining
il/elle/on affinait
he/she/it was refining
nous affinions
we were refining
vous affiniez
you all were refining
ils/elles affinaient
they were refining
Future tense
j’affinerai
I will refine
tu affineras
you will refine
il/elle/on affinera
he/she/it will refine
nous affinerons
we will refine
vous affinerez
you all will refine
ils/elles affineront
they will refine
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais affiné
I had refined
tu avais affiné
you had refined
il/elle/on avait affiné
he/she/it had refined
nous avions affiné
we had refined
vous aviez affiné
you all had refined
ils/elles avaient affiné
they had refined
Past preterite tense
j’affinai
I refined
tu affinas
you refined
il/elle/on affina
he/she/it refined
nous affinâmes
we refined
vous affinâtes
you all refined
ils/elles affinèrent
they refined
Past anterior tense
j’eus affiné
I had refined
tu eus affiné
you had refined
il/elle/on eut affiné
he/she/it had refined
nous eûmes affiné
we had refined
vous eûtes affiné
you all had refined
ils/elles eurent affiné
they had refined
Future perfect tense
j’aurai affiné
I will have refined
tu auras affiné
you will have refined
il/elle/on aura affiné
he/she/it will have refined
nous aurons affiné
we will have refined
vous aurez affiné
you all will have refined
ils/elles auront affiné
they will have refined
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que j’affine
that I refine
que tu affines
that you refine
qu’il/elle/on affine
that he/she/it refine
que nous affinions
that we refine
que vous affiniez
that you all refine
qu’ils/elles affinent
that they refine
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie affiné
that I have refined
que tu aies affiné
that you have refined
qu’il/elle/on ait affiné
that he/she/it have refined
que nous ayons affiné
that we have refined
que vous ayez affiné
that you all have refined
qu’ils/elles aient affiné
that they have refined
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que j’affinasse
that I would refine
que tu affinasses
that you would refine
qu’il/elle/on affinât
that he/she/it would refine
que nous affinassions
that we would refine
que vous affinassiez
that you all would refine
qu’ils/elles affinassent
that they would refine
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse affiné
that I had refined
que tu eusses affiné
that you had refined
qu’il/elle/on eût affiné
that he/she/it had refined
que nous eussions affiné
that we had refined
que vous eussiez affiné
that you all had refined
qu’ils/elles eussent affiné
that they had refined
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
j’affinerais
I would refine
tu affinerais
you would refine
il/elle/on affinerait
he/she/it would refine
nous affinerions
we would refine
vous affineriez
you all would refine
ils/elles affineraient
they would refine
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais affiné
I would have refined
tu aurais affiné
you would have refined
il/elle/on aurait affiné
he/she/it would have refined
nous aurions affiné
we would have refined
vous auriez affiné
you all would have refined
ils/elles auraient affiné
they would have refined
Imperative mood
-
affine
refine!
-
affinons
let's refine!
affinez
refine!
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Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie affiné
have refined
-
ayons affiné
let's have refined
ayez affiné
have refined
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Examples of affiner

- On peut affiner le jus.

- We can refine the juice.

- Tu peux affiner le signal ?

Magnus: Can you refine the signal?

Elle a été développée par un stratège militaire pour affiner les combats aériens.

Yeah, it was developed by a military strategist to refine the art of aerial combat.

En fait... un salon est un genre de rassemblement qui était populaire en France au 18ième, où des écrivains, des artistes et des intellectuels se rencontraient pour affiner leurs essais à travers leurs conversations.

Actually... a salon is a type of gathering popularized in 18th century France, where writers, artists, and intellectuals would meet to refine their tastes through conversation.

Il faut l'affiner mais ça marche.

It needs to be refined.

Environ une dizaine de milliers. Mais j'ai affiné ma recherche avec d'autres vagues.

But I refined my search with a new set of ripples.

L'auteur de Mathmatico, un langage universel... que Leon avait affiné pour un usage de communication peu conventionnel.

The author of Mathmatico, a universal language... that Leon has refined for use in unconventional communication.

Nous sommes... affiné.

We're...refined.

Votre I.V contient une solution d' électrolytique d'argent affiné.

Your I.V. contains a solution of electrolytically refined silver.

Il affine son mode opératoire.

A refinement in his M.O.

On prend une terre sauvage... et inaccessible et on l'affine un peu.

You take land that's wild and inaccessible and you refine it.

Très bien, affine tes recherches.

All right, refine your search.

Tu sais combien de nuits j'ai passé à revérifier chaque circuit pour impressionner mes supérieurs en affinant les filtres ?

You know how many nights I spent at the lab triple-checking every circuit and trying to impress my supervisors by refining the filters?