Inherited from Middle French braser, from Old French braser (“to burn”), either from a variant of Old French brese (“live coals”), of Germanic origin; or more likely from Old Norse brasa (“to braze, harden with fire”), from the same Proto-Germanic origin.
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braser
| infinitive | simple | braser | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | brasant /bʁa.zɑ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | brasé /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brases /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brasons /bʁa.zɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɔ̃/ |
brasez /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ |
brasent /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
| imperfect | brasais /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ |
brasais /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ |
brasait /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ |
brasions /bʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
brasiez /bʁa.zje/ or /bʁɑ.zje/ |
brasaient /bʁa.zɛ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | brasai /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ |
brasas /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ |
brasa /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ |
brasâmes /bʁa.zam/ or /bʁɑ.zam/ |
brasâtes /bʁa.zat/ or /bʁɑ.zat/ |
brasèrent /bʁa.zɛʁ/ or /bʁɑ.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | braserai /bʁaz.ʁe/ or /bʁɑz.ʁe/ |
braseras /bʁaz.ʁa/ or /bʁɑz.ʁa/ |
brasera /bʁaz.ʁa/ or /bʁɑz.ʁa/ |
braserons /bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ |
braserez /bʁaz.ʁe/ or /bʁɑz.ʁe/ |
braseront /bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | braserais /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
braserais /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
braserait /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ |
braserions /bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
braseriez /bʁa.zə.ʁje/ or /bʁɑ.zə.ʁje/ |
braseraient /bʁaz.ʁɛ/ or /bʁɑz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brases /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
brasions /bʁa.zjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zjɔ̃/ |
brasiez /bʁa.zje/ or /bʁɑ.zje/ |
brasent /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
| imperfect2 | brasasse /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ |
brasasses /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ |
brasât /bʁa.za/ or /bʁɑ.za/ |
brasassions /bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.za.sjɔ̃/ |
brasassiez /bʁa.za.sje/ or /bʁɑ.za.sje/ |
brasassent /bʁa.zas/ or /bʁɑ.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | brase /bʁaz/ or /bʁɑz/ |
— | brasons /bʁa.zɔ̃/ or /bʁɑ.zɔ̃/ |
brasez /bʁa.ze/ or /bʁɑ.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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