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brûler: Conjugation

The brûler conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb brûler according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of brûler, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of brûler at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je brûle tu brûles il/elle brûle nous brûlons vous brûlez ils/elles brûlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai brûlé tu as brûlé il/elle a brûlé nous avons brûlé vous avez brûlé ils/elles ont brûlé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je brûlais tu brûlais il/elle brûlait nous brûlions vous brûliez ils/elles brûlaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais brûlé tu avais brûlé il/elle avait brûlé nous avions brûlé vous aviez brûlé ils/elles avaient brûlé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je brûlerai tu brûleras il/elle brûlera nous brûlerons vous brûlerez ils/elles brûleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai brûlé tu auras brûlé il/elle aura brûlé nous aurons brûlé vous aurez brûlé ils/elles auront brûlé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je brûlerais tu brûlerais il/elle brûlerait nous brûlerions vous brûleriez ils/elles brûleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais brûlé tu aurais brûlé il/elle aurait brûlé nous aurions brûlé vous auriez brûlé ils/elles auraient brûlé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je brûle tu brûles il/elle brûle nous brûlions vous brûliez ils/elles brûlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie brûlé tu aies brûlé il/elle ait brûlé nous ayons brûlé vous ayez brûlé ils/elles aient brûlé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je brûlai tu brûlas il/elle brûla nous brûlâmes vous brûlâtes ils/elles brûlèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus brûlé tu eus brûlé il/elle eut brûlé nous eûmes brûlé vous eûtes brûlé ils/elles eurent brûlé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.