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brunir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je brunis tu brunis il/elle brunit nous brunissons vous brunissez ils/elles brunissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai bruni tu as bruni il/elle a bruni nous avons bruni vous avez bruni ils/elles ont bruni Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je brunissais tu brunissais il/elle brunissait nous brunissions vous brunissiez ils/elles brunissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais bruni tu avais bruni il/elle avait bruni nous avions bruni vous aviez bruni ils/elles avaient bruni Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je brunirai tu bruniras il/elle brunira nous brunirons vous brunirez ils/elles bruniront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai bruni tu auras bruni il/elle aura bruni nous aurons bruni vous aurez bruni ils/elles auront bruni Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je brunirais tu brunirais il/elle brunirait nous brunirions vous bruniriez ils/elles bruniraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais bruni tu aurais bruni il/elle aurait bruni nous aurions bruni vous auriez bruni ils/elles auraient bruni Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je brunisse tu brunisses il/elle brunisse nous brunissions vous brunissiez ils/elles brunissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie bruni tu aies bruni il/elle ait bruni nous ayons bruni vous ayez bruni ils/elles aient bruni Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je brunis tu brunis il/elle brunit nous brunîmes vous brunîtes ils/elles brunirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus bruni tu eus bruni il/elle eut bruni nous eûmes bruni vous eûtes bruni ils/elles eurent bruni 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).