Wednesday, November 27, 2019
French Verb Conjugation for Briller (to Shine)
French Verb Conjugation for Briller (to Shine) To shine in French is the verbà briller. It is an easy one to remember if you associate it with brilliant, as in give it a brilliant shine.à When you want to changeà brillerà to the past tense or the present or future, for that matter you will need to conjugate the verb. French students who have studied other verbs that end in -erà will find this lesson very familiar. Conjugating the French Verbà Briller First, a quick review of pronunciation. Keep in mind that the double LL sounds like a Y when it follows an I. Rather than the hard L sound of [briller], it is pronounced [breeyer]. This follows through to all of the verb conjugations. Brillerà is aà regular -ER verbà and that makes it relatively straightforward. The verb endings that replace the -erà follow a specific pattern. For example, inà jeà future tense, anà -aià is added toà brillerà and in jeà imperfect past tense, the -erà becomes -ais. You will find this in similar verbs likeà blesserà (to hurt) andà augmenterà (to raise). That makes each new verb just a little easier to learn. The chart lays out the primary forms ofà brillerà for you to study. To use it, pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense. For example, I shine is je brille and we will shine is nous brillerons. Brillers Present Participle When you want to use theà present participleà of briller, drop the -erà and add an -ant.à This gives you the word brillant. Did you notice the resemblance to brilliant? The present participle is where we get the correlation that can help with memorization. Another Past Tense ofà Briller The past tense ofà brillerà can be expressed using the imperfect or theà passà © composà ©. For the latter, you will use theà past participleà brillà ©Ã as well as the conjugate ofà avoir, which is anà auxiliary verb. As an example of the completed passà © composà ©, I moved becomes jai brillà © and we moved is nous avons brillà ©. Note howà aià andà avonsà are conjugates ofà avoirà andà brillà ©Ã does not change with the subject. More Simple Conjugations ofà Briller There may be times in your French that you will use one of the following verb forms ofà briller. The subjunctive and conditional are used when the action has some uncertainty to it. The passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive are primarily found in literature and when youre writing. When you want to useà brillerà in short commands or requests, you can turn to the imperative verb form. For this one, skip the subject pronoun and say only the verb: brille rather than tu brille.
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