Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb briller

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb briller, along with their English translations.

briller is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je brillai	I shined
tu brillas	you shined
il brilla	he shined
elle brilla	she shined
nous brillâmes	we shined
vous brillâtes	you shined
ils brillèrent	they shined
elles brillèrent	they shined

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