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brosser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je brosse tu brosses il/elle brosse nous brossons vous brossez ils/elles brossent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai brossé tu as brossé il/elle a brossé nous avons brossé vous avez brossé ils/elles ont brossé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je brossais tu brossais il/elle brossait nous brossions vous brossiez ils/elles brossaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais brossé tu avais brossé il/elle avait brossé nous avions brossé vous aviez brossé ils/elles avaient brossé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je brosserai tu brosseras il/elle brossera nous brosserons vous brosserez ils/elles brosseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai brossé tu auras brossé il/elle aura brossé nous aurons brossé vous aurez brossé ils/elles auront brossé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je brosserais tu brosserais il/elle brosserait nous brosserions vous brosseriez ils/elles brosseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais brossé tu aurais brossé il/elle aurait brossé nous aurions brossé vous auriez brossé ils/elles auraient brossé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je brosse tu brosses il/elle brosse nous brossions vous brossiez ils/elles brossent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie brossé tu aies brossé il/elle ait brossé nous ayons brossé vous ayez brossé ils/elles aient brossé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je brossai tu brossas il/elle brossa nous brossâmes vous brossâtes ils/elles brossèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus brossé tu eus brossé il/elle eut brossé nous eûmes brossé vous eûtes brossé ils/elles eurent brossé 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.