Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Introduction to the verb bruler
The English translation of the French verb bruler is “to burn.” It is pronounced as “broo-lay.”
The word bruler comes from the Latin word “bullire,” which means “to boil.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express actions or situations that are hypothetical, uncertain, or dependent on another condition in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in the Subjonctif Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
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Il faut que j’aie brulé les documents avant qu’ils ne soient découverts.
(Translation: I had to have burned the documents before they were discovered.) -
J’aurais aimé que tu aies brulé le gâteau plus longtemps.
(Translation: I wish you had burned the cake for longer.) -
Il est possible que nous ayons brulé toutes les preuves pendant l’incendie.
(Translation: It’s possible that we burned all the evidence during the fire.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of bruler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie brûlé | Je ne crois pas que j’aie brûlé. | I don’t believe I burned. |
tu | aies brûlé | Il faut que tu aies brûlé. | You must have burned. |
il | ait brûlé | Il est possible qu’il ait brûlé. | It’s possible he burned. |
elle | ait brûlé | Elle craint qu’elle ait brûlé. | She fears she burned. |
on | ait brûlé | On veut qu’on ait brûlé. | We want it to have been burned. |
nous | ayons brûlé | Espérons que nous ayons brûlé. | Let’s hope we burned. |
vous | ayez brûlé | Il est important que vous ayez brûlé. | It’s important that you burned. |
ils | aient brûlé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient brûlé. | They doubt they burned. |
elles | aient brûlé | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient brûlé. | They prefer they burned. |
Other Conjugations for Bruler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bruler
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Bruler – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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