The French for shine is the verb briller

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    French for shine is the regular ER verb briller, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

     

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    The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb briller - French for shine

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    Here you’ll learn the conjugations of briller, which is French for shine.
    • I shine.
    • you shined.
    • he will shine.
    • we would shine.
    • they may shine.

    The Verb Conjugation Tables below for briller, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.
  • VERB CONJUGATION TABLE briller
    Simple Tenses briller
    TENSE
    je/j’
    tu
    il
    nous
    vous
    ils
    Present
    Présent

    shine
    brille brilles brille brillons brillez brillent
    Past Imperfect
    Imparfait
    shined
    brillais brillais brillait brillions brilliez brillaient
    Simple Past
    Passé Simple

    shined
    brillai brillas brilla brillâmes brillâtes brillèrent
    Future
    Futur

    will shine
    brillerai brilleras brillera brillerons brillerez brilleront
    Conditional
    Conditionnel

    would shine
    brillerais brillerais brillerait brillerions brilleriez brilleraient
    Subjunctive
    Subjonctif

    may shine
    brille brilles brille brillions brilliez brillent
    Compound Tenses briller
    Present Perfect
    Passé Composé

    have shined
    ai brillé as brillé a brillé avons brillé avez brillé ont brillé
    Past Perfect
    Plus-que-Parfait

    had shined
    avais brillé avais brillé avait brillé avions brillé aviez brillé avaient brillé
    Future Perfect
    Futur Antérieur

    will have
    aurai brillé auras brillé aura brillé aurons brillé aurez brillé auront brillé
    Conditional Perfect
    Conditionnel Passé

    would have shined
    aurais brillé aurais brillé aurait brillé aurions brillé auriez brillé auraient brillé
    Imperative
    Imperatif

    shine!
    brille brillons brillez

    Present Indicative Tense conjugations of briller the French for shine
    présent de l’indicatif

    je brille
    - I shine
    tu brilles
    - you shine - (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on brille
    - he, she, it, one shines
    nous brillons
    - we shine
    vous brillez
    - you shine (formal or plural)
    ils, elles brillent
    - they shine

    Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    imparfait de l’indicatif

    je brillais
    - I shined
    - I was shining
    tu brillais
    - you shined- (familiar or informal)
    - you were shining
    il, elle, on brillait
    - he, she, it, one shined
    - he, she, it, one was shining
    nous brillions
    - we shined
    - we were shining
    vous brilliez
    - you shined- (formal or plural)
    - you were shining
    ils, elles brillaient
    - they shined
    - they were shining

    Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    passé simple

    je brillai
    - I shined
    tu brillas
    - you shined- (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on brilla
    - he, she, it, one shined
    nous brillâmes
    - we shined
    vous brillâtes
    - you shined- (formal or plural)
    ils, elles brillèrent
    they shined
    (The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

    Future Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    futur

    je brillerai
    - I will shine
    tu brilleras
    - you will shine (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on brillera
    - he, she, it, one will shine
    nous brillerons
    - we will shine
    vous brillerez
    - you will shine (formal or plural)
    ils, elles brilleront
    - they will shine

    Conditional Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    conditionnel

    je brillerais
    - I would shine
    tu brillerais
    - you would shine (familiar or informal)
    il, elle, on brillerait
    - he, she, it, one would shine
    nous brillerions
    - we would shine
    vous brilleriez
    - you would shine (formal or plural)
    ils, elles brilleraient
    - they would shine

    Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    présent de subjonctif

    que je brille
    - that I may shine
    que tu brilles
    - that you may shine(familiar or informal)
    qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on brille
    - that he, she, it, one may shine
    que nous brillions
    - that we may shine
    que vous brilliez
    - that you may shine(formal or plural)
    qu’ils, qu’elles brillent
    - that they may shine

    The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb briller - the verb ‘to shine’ in French

    Past Participle of briller is:
    brillé -shined.

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

    Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of briller - French for shine
    passé composé

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

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

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

    Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    futur antérieur

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

    Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    conditionnel passé

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

    Imperative Tense conjugations of briller, the French for shine
    impératif

    brille
    - shine!
    brillons
    - let’s shine!
    brillez
    - shine!

    Present Participle of briller

    brillant - shining

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