Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Introduction to the verb brûler
The English translation of the French verb brûler is “to burn.” It is pronounced as “broo-lay.”
Brûler comes from the Latin word “ardere,” which has the same meaning. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of something being consumed by fire or intense heat. In the Subjonctif Passé tense, it is used to express a hypothetical or unrealized action in the past.
Examples:
- Il est possible que la maison ait brûlé pendant notre absence. (It is possible that the house burned down during our absence.)
- Nous regrettons que la forêt ait brûlé à cause d’un feu de camp mal éteint. (We regret that the forest burned down due to an improperly extinguished campfire.)
- J’espère que mes biscuits n’ont pas brûlé pendant que j’étais au téléphone. (I hope my cookies didn’t burn while I was on the phone.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of brûler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie brûlé | Il faut que j’aie brûlé mon passeport. | I must have burned my passport. |
tu | aies brûlé | Tu crois qu’il est possible que tu aies brûlé la maison ? | Do you think it’s possible you burned down the house? |
il | ait brûlé | Il est possible qu’il ait brûlé les photos. | It’s possible he burned the pictures. |
elle | ait brûlé | Elle espère qu’elle ait brûlé les lettres. | She hopes she burned the letters. |
on | ait brûlé | On exige qu’on ait brûlé les preuves. | We demand that the evidence has been burned. |
nous | ayons brûlé | Nous préférons que nous ayons brûlé le papier. | We prefer that we burned the paper. |
vous | ayez brûlé | Vous devez vous assurer que vous ayez brûlé toutes les preuves. | You must make sure you burned all the evidence. |
ils | aient brûlé | Ils doutent qu’ils aient brûlé le document. | They doubt they burned the document. |
elles | aient brûlé | Elles redoutent qu’elles aient brûlé la lettre de démission. | They fear they burned the resignation letter. |
Other Conjugations for Brûler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb brûler
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Brûler – 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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