Daily Verb Lesson: French light is s'illuminer
The French for light up is the regular ER reflexive verb s'illuminerTo remember this, imagine the French colours light up and ILLUMINATE themselves!
s'illuminer can also mean; to illuminate.
Related words include:
- illuminer (v) : to illluminate, to floodlight, to light up (face).
- l'illumination (nf) : floodlighting, illumination; flash of
inspiration, enlightenment (spiritual).
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine the French colours light up
and ILLUMINATE themselves!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent light up |
illumine | illumines | illumine | illuminons | illuminez | illuminent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait lit up |
illuminais | illuminais | illuminait | illuminions | illuminiez | illuminaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple lit up |
illuminai | illuminas | illumina | illuminâmes | illuminâtes | illuminèrent |
| Future Futur will light up |
illuminerai | illumineras | illuminera | illuminerons | illuminerez | illumineront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would light up |
illuminerais | illuminerais | illuminerait | illuminerions | illumineriez | illumineraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may light up |
illumine | illumines | illumine | illuminions | illuminiez | illuminent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have lit up |
me suis illuminé(e) |
t'es illuminé(e) |
s'est illuminé(e) |
nous sommes illuminé(e)s |
vous êtes illuminé(e)s |
se sont illuminé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had lit up |
m'étais illuminé(e) |
t'étais illuminé(e) |
s'était illuminé(e) |
nous étions illuminé(e)s |
vour étiez illuminé(e)s |
s'étaient illuminé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have lit up |
me serai illuminé(e) |
te seras illuminé(e) |
se sera illuminé(e) |
nous serons illuminé(e)s |
vous serez illuminé(e)s |
se seront illuminé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have lit up |
me serais illuminé(e) |
te serais illuminé(e) |
se serait illuminé(e) |
nous serions illuminé(e)s |
vous seriez illuminé(e)s | se seraient illuminé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif light up! |
illumine-toi! | illuminons-nous! | illuminez-vous! | |||
✔ s'illuminer is a regular ER reflexive verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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