The French for break, shatter is the verb briser

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French for break, shatter is the regular ER verb briser, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb briser - French for break, shatter

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of briser, which is French for break, shatter.

• I break, shatter.
• you broke.
• he will break, shatter.
• we would break, shatter.
• they may break, shatter.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for briser, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE briser
Simple Tenses briser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent break, shatter	brise	brises	brise	brisons	brisez	brisent
Past Imperfect Imparfait broke	brisais	brisais	brisait	brisions	brisiez	brisaient
Simple Past Passé Simple broke	brisai	brisas	brisa	brisâmes	brisâtes	brisèrent
Future Futur will break, shatter	briserai	briseras	brisera	briserons	briserez	briseront
Conditional Conditionnel would break, shatter	briserais	briserais	briserait	briserions	briseriez	briseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may break, shatter	brise	brises	brise	brisions	brisiez	brisent
Compound Tenses briser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have broke	ai brisé	as brisé	a brisé	avons brisé	avez brisé	ont brisé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had broke	avais brisé	avais brisé	avait brisé	avions brisé	aviez brisé	avaient brisé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai brisé	auras brisé	aura brisé	aurons brisé	aurez brisé	auront brisé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have broke	aurais brisé	aurais brisé	aurait brisé	aurions brisé	auriez brisé	auraient brisé
Imperative Imperatif break, shatter!		brise		brisons	brisez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of briser the French for break, shatter
présent de l’indicatif

je brise
- I break, shatter
tu brises
- you break, shatter - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brise
- he, she, it, one breaks
nous brisons
- we break, shatter
vous brisez
- you break, shatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles brisent
- they break, shatter

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
imparfait de l’indicatif

je brisais
- I broke
- I was breaking
tu brisais
- you broke- (familiar or informal)
- you were breaking
il, elle, on brisait
- he, she, it, one broke
- he, she, it, one was breaking
nous brisions
- we broke
- we were breaking
vous brisiez
- you broke- (formal or plural)
- you were breaking
ils, elles brisaient
- they broke
- they were breaking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
passé simple

je brisai
- I broke
tu brisas
- you broke- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brisa
- he, she, it, one broke
nous brisâmes
- we broke
vous brisâtes
- you broke- (formal or plural)
ils, elles brisèrent
they broke
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
futur

je briserai
- I will break, shatter
tu briseras
- you will break, shatter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brisera
- he, she, it, one will break, shatter
nous briserons
- we will break, shatter
vous briserez
- you will break, shatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles briseront
- they will break, shatter

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Conditional Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
conditionnel

je briserais
- I would break, shatter
tu briserais
- you would break, shatter (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on briserait
- he, she, it, one would break, shatter
nous briserions
- we would break, shatter
vous briseriez
- you would break, shatter (formal or plural)
ils, elles briseraient
- they would break, shatter

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
présent de subjonctif

que je brise
- that I may break, shatter
que tu brises
- that you may break, shatter(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on brise
- that he, she, it, one may break, shatter
que nous brisions
- that we may break, shatter
que vous brisiez
- that you may break, shatter(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles brisent
- that they may break, shatter

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb briser - the verb ‘to break, shatter’ in French

Past Participle of briser is:
brisé -broke.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have broke
• you had broke
• he will have broke
• we would have broke

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of briser - French for break, shatter
passé composé

Here’s the French for break, shatter conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai brisé
- I have broke or I did break, shatter or
- I broke
tu as brisé
- you have broke or you did break, shatter - (familiar or informal) or
- you broke
il, elle, on a brisé
- he, she, it, one has break, shatter or did break, shatter
- he, she, it broke
nous avons brisé
- we have broke or we did break, shatter
- we broke
vous avez brisé
- you have broke or you did break, shatter (formal or plural) or
- or we broke
ils, elles ont brisé
- they have broke or they did break, shatter
- they broke

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of briser - break, shatter in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -break, shatter conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais brisé
- I had broke
tu avais brisé
- you had broke- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait brisé
- he, she, it, one had broke
nous avions brisé
- we had broke
vous aviez brisé
- you had broke (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient brisé
- they had broke

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
futur antérieur

j’aurai brisé
- I will have
tu auras brisé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura brisé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons brisé
- we will have
vous aurez brisé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront brisé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
conditionnel passé

j’aurais brisé
- I would have broke
tu aurais brisé
- you would have broke- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait brisé
- he, she, it, one would have broke
nous aurions brisé
- we would have broke
vous auriez brisé
- you would have broke- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient brisé
- they would have broke

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Imperative Tense conjugations of briser, the French for break, shatter
impératif

brise
- break, shatter!
brisons
- let’s break, shatter!
brisez
- break, shatter!

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Present Participle of briser

brisant - breaking

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