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Conjugation of the French verb briller

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb briller, along with their English translations.

briller is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
briller	to shine

Present		Scored
je brille	I shine
tu brilles	you shine
il brille	he shines
elle brille	she shines
nous brillons	we shine
vous brillez	you shine
ils brillent	they shine
elles brillent	they shine

Imperfect		Scored
je brillais	I was shining
tu brillais	you were shining
il brillait	he was shining
elle brillait	she was shining
nous brillions	we were shining
vous brilliez	you were shining
ils brillaient	they were shining
elles brillaient	they were shining

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

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai brillé	I have shined
tu as brillé	you have shined
il a brillé	he has shined
elle a brillé	she has shined
nous avons brillé	we have shined
vous avez brillé	you have shined
ils ont brillé	they have shined
elles ont brillé	they have shined

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais brillé	I had shined
tu avais brillé	you had shined
il avait brillé	he had shined
elle avait brillé	she had shined
nous avions brillé	we had shined
vous aviez brillé	you had shined
ils avaient brillé	they had shined
elles avaient brillé	they had shined

Future		Scored
je brillerai	I will shine
tu brilleras	you will shine
il brillera	he will shine
elle brillera	she will shine
nous brillerons	we will shine
vous brillerez	you will shine
ils brilleront	they will shine
elles brilleront	they will shine

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai brillé	I will have shined
tu auras brillé	you will have shined
il aura brillé	he will have shined
elle aura brillé	she will have shined
nous aurons brillé	we will have shined
vous aurez brillé	you will have shined
ils auront brillé	they will have shined
elles auront brillé	they will have shined

Conditional		Scored
je brillerais	I would shine
tu brillerais	you would shine
il brillerait	he would shine
elle brillerait	she would shine
nous brillerions	we would shine
vous brilleriez	you would shine
ils brilleraient	they would shine
elles brilleraient	they would shine

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais brillé	I would have shined
tu aurais brillé	you would have shined
il aurait brillé	he would have shined
elle aurait brillé	she would have shined
nous aurions brillé	we would have shined
vous auriez brillé	you would have shined
ils auraient brillé	they would have shined
elles auraient brillé	they would have shined

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je brille	(... that) I shine
(... que) tu brilles	(... that) you shine
(... que) il brille	(... that) he shines
(... que) elle brille	(... that) she shines
(... que) nous brillions	(... that) we shine
(... que) vous brilliez	(... that) you shine
(... que) ils brillent	(... that) they shine
(... que) elles brillent	(... that) they shine

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je brillasse	(... that) I was shining
(... que) tu brillasses	(... that) you were shining
(... que) il brillât	(... that) he was shining
(... que) elle brillât	(... that) she was shining
(... que) nous brillassions	(... that) we were shining
(... que) vous brillassiez	(... that) you were shining
(... que) ils brillassent	(... that) they were shining
(... que) elles brillassent	(... that) they were shining

Imperative		Scored
brille	Shine
brillons	Let's shine
brillez	Shine

Present Participle		Scored
brillant	shining

Past Participle		Scored
brillé	shined

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Irregular conjugation

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