Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Introduction to the verb briser
The English translation of the French verb briser is “to break.” The infinitive form, briser, is pronounced “bree-zay.”
The word briser comes from the Latin word “brisare,” meaning “to shatter.” It was later adopted into Old French as “brisier” and eventually evolved into the modern French “briser.”
In everyday French, briser is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense to express a possibility or hypothetical situation in the past. It is often used with the conjunction “si” (if) to introduce a condition.
Examples:
- Si j’avais su, je ne l’aurais pas brisé. (If I had known, I wouldn’t have broken it.)
- Il aurait pu briser sa promesse. (He could have broken his promise.)
- Je me demande s’il a brisé mon cœur. (I wonder if he broke my heart.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of briser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie brisé | Même si j’aie brisé le vase, je ne l’ai pas fait exprès. | Even if I broke the vase, I didn’t do it on purpose. |
tu | aies brisé | Ne pense pas que tu aies brisé la fenêtre. | Don’t think you broke the window. |
il | ait brisé | Il est probable qu’il ait brisé son téléphone en tombant. | It’s possible he broke his phone when he fell. |
elle | ait brisé | J’espère qu’elle n’ait pas brisé nos plans. | I hope she didn’t ruin our plans. |
on | ait brisé | On doit absolument qu’on ait brisé la glace. | We absolutely have to have broken the ice. |
nous | ayons brisé | J’ai peur que nous ayons brisé la promesse. | I’m afraid we broke our promise. |
vous | ayez brisé | Il est important que vous ayez brisé le silence. | It’s important that you broke the silence. |
ils | aient brisé | C’est dommage qu’ils aient brisé leur amitié. | It’s a shame they broke their friendship. |
elles | aient brisé | Elle aimerait qu’elles aient brisé le contrat. | She would like them to have broken the contract. |
Other Conjugations for Briser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb briser
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Briser – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
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