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brandir: Conjugation

The brandir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb brandir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of brandir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of brandir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je brandis tu brandis il/elle brandit nous brandissons vous brandissez ils/elles brandissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai brandi tu as brandi il/elle a brandi nous avons brandi vous avez brandi ils/elles ont brandi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je brandissais tu brandissais il/elle brandissait nous brandissions vous brandissiez ils/elles brandissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais brandi tu avais brandi il/elle avait brandi nous avions brandi vous aviez brandi ils/elles avaient brandi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je brandirai tu brandiras il/elle brandira nous brandirons vous brandirez ils/elles brandiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai brandi tu auras brandi il/elle aura brandi nous aurons brandi vous aurez brandi ils/elles auront brandi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je brandirais tu brandirais il/elle brandirait nous brandirions vous brandiriez ils/elles brandiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais brandi tu aurais brandi il/elle aurait brandi nous aurions brandi vous auriez brandi ils/elles auraient brandi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je brandisse tu brandisses il/elle brandisse nous brandissions vous brandissiez ils/elles brandissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie brandi tu aies brandi il/elle ait brandi nous ayons brandi vous ayez brandi ils/elles aient brandi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je brandis tu brandis il/elle brandit nous brandîmes vous brandîtes ils/elles brandirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus brandi tu eus brandi il/elle eut brandi nous eûmes brandi vous eûtes brandi ils/elles eurent brandi Pronounce these verb forms

This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).