The French for burn is the verb brûler

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French for burn is the regular ER verb brûler, 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 brûler - French for burn

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of brûler, which is French for burn.

• I burn.
• you burned.
• he will burn.
• we would burn.
• they may burn.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for brûler, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE brûler
Simple Tenses brûler
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent burn	brûle	brûles	brûle	brûlons	brûlez	brûlent
Past Imperfect Imparfait burned	brûlais	brûlais	brûlait	brûlions	brûliez	brûlaient
Simple Past Passé Simple burned	brûlai	brûlas	brûla	brûlâmes	brûlâtes	brûlèrent
Future Futur will burn	brûlerai	brûleras	brûlera	brûlerons	brûlerez	brûleront
Conditional Conditionnel would burn	brûlerais	brûlerais	brûlerait	brûlerions	brûleriez	brûleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may burn	brûle	brûles	brûle	brûlions	brûliez	brûlent
Compound Tenses brûler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have burned	ai brûlé	as brûlé	a brûlé	avons brûlé	avez brûlé	ont brûlé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had burned	avais brûlé	avais brûlé	avait brûlé	avions brûlé	aviez brûlé	avaient brûlé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai brûlé	auras brûlé	aura brûlé	aurons brûlé	aurez brûlé	auront brûlé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have burned	aurais brûlé	aurais brûlé	aurait brûlé	aurions brûlé	auriez brûlé	auraient brûlé
Imperative Imperatif burn!		brûle		brûlons	brûlez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of brûler the French for burn
présent de l’indicatif

je brûle
- I burn
tu brûles
- you burn - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brûle
- he, she, it, one burns
nous brûlons
- we burn
vous brûlez
- you burn (formal or plural)
ils, elles brûlent
- they burn

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
imparfait de l’indicatif

je brûlais
- I burned
- I was burning
tu brûlais
- you burned- (familiar or informal)
- you were burning
il, elle, on brûlait
- he, she, it, one burned
- he, she, it, one was burning
nous brûlions
- we burned
- we were burning
vous brûliez
- you burned- (formal or plural)
- you were burning
ils, elles brûlaient
- they burned
- they were burning

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
passé simple

je brûlai
- I burned
tu brûlas
- you burned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brûla
- he, she, it, one burned
nous brûlâmes
- we burned
vous brûlâtes
- you burned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles brûlèrent
they burned
(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 brûler, the French for burn
futur

je brûlerai
- I will burn
tu brûleras
- you will burn (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brûlera
- he, she, it, one will burn
nous brûlerons
- we will burn
vous brûlerez
- you will burn (formal or plural)
ils, elles brûleront
- they will burn

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Conditional Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
conditionnel

je brûlerais
- I would burn
tu brûlerais
- you would burn (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on brûlerait
- he, she, it, one would burn
nous brûlerions
- we would burn
vous brûleriez
- you would burn (formal or plural)
ils, elles brûleraient
- they would burn

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
présent de subjonctif

que je brûle
- that I may burn
que tu brûles
- that you may burn(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on brûle
- that he, she, it, one may burn
que nous brûlions
- that we may burn
que vous brûliez
- that you may burn(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles brûlent
- that they may burn

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb brûler - the verb ‘to burn’ in French

Past Participle of brûler is:
brûlé -burned.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of brûler - French for burn
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of brûler - burn in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of brûler, the French for burn
impératif

brûle
- burn!
brûlons
- let’s burn!
brûlez
- burn!

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Present Participle of brûler

brûlant - burning

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