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briller: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je brille tu brilles il/elle brille nous brillons vous brillez ils/elles brillent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai brillé tu as brillé il/elle a brillé nous avons brillé vous avez brillé ils/elles ont brillé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je brillais tu brillais il/elle brillait nous brillions vous brilliez ils/elles brillaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais brillé tu avais brillé il/elle avait brillé nous avions brillé vous aviez brillé ils/elles avaient brillé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je brillerai tu brilleras il/elle brillera nous brillerons vous brillerez ils/elles brilleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai brillé tu auras brillé il/elle aura brillé nous aurons brillé vous aurez brillé ils/elles auront brillé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je brillerais tu brillerais il/elle brillerait nous brillerions vous brilleriez ils/elles brilleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais brillé tu aurais brillé il/elle aurait brillé nous aurions brillé vous auriez brillé ils/elles auraient brillé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je brille tu brilles il/elle brille nous brillions vous brilliez ils/elles brillent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie brillé tu aies brillé il/elle ait brillé nous ayons brillé vous ayez brillé ils/elles aient brillé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je brillai tu brillas il/elle brilla nous brillâmes vous brillâtes ils/elles brillèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus brillé tu eus brillé il/elle eut brillé nous eûmes brillé vous eûtes brillé ils/elles eurent brillé 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.