The verb bris (break) is an example of a completely regular verb ending in a slender consonant. Here is the paradigm of the verb bris with translations.
bris (break)
Verbal noun
briseadh breaking
Past participle
briste broken
Present
tha mi a' briseadh I am breaking, I break
tha thu a' briseadh you are breaking, you break
tha e/i a' briseadh he/she is breaking, he/she breaks
tha sinn a' briseadh we are breaking, we break
tha sibh a' briseadh you are breaking, you break
tha iad a' briseadh they are breaking, they break
thathar a' briseadh one is breaking, one is being broken
Imperfect
bha mi a' briseadh I was breaking
bha thu a' briseadh you were breaking
bha e/i a' briseadh he/she was breaking
bha sinn a' briseadh we were breaking
bha sibh a' briseadh you were breaking
bha iad a' briseadh they were breaking
bhathar a' briseadh one was breaking, one was being broken
Simple Past Independent
bhris mi I broke
bhris thu you broke
bhris e/i he/she broke
bhris sinn we broke
bhris sibh you broke
bhris iad they broke
bhriseadh one broke, one was broken
Simple Past Dependent
do bhris mi I broke
do bhris thu you broke
do bhris e/i he/she broke
do bhris sinn we broke
do bhris sibh you broke
do bhris iad they broke
do bhriseadh one broke, one was broken
Future Independent
brisidh mi I will break
brisidh tu you will break
brisidh e/i he/she will break
brisidh sinn we will break
brisidh sibh you will break
brisidh iad they will break
brisear one will break, one will be broken
Future Relative Independent
bhriseas mi I will break
bhriseas tu you will break
bhriseas e/i he/she will break
bhriseas sinn we will break
bhriseas sibh you will break
bhriseas iad they will break
bhrisear iad one will break, one will be broken
Simple Future Dependent
bris mi I break
bris thu you break
bris e/i he/she break
bris sinn we break
bris sibh you (plural) break
bris iad they break
brisear one will break, one will be broken
Conditional/Past Habitual Independent
bhrisinn I would break, I used to break
bhriseadh tu you would break, you used to break
bhriseadh e/i he/she would break, he/she used to break
bhriseamaid/bhriseadh sinn we would break; we used to break
bhriseadh sibh you would break, you used to break
bhriseadh iad they would break, they used to break
bhriste one would break, one is broken, one used to break, one used to be broken
Conditional/Past Habitual Dependent
brisinn I would break, I used to break
briseadh tu you would break, you used to break
briseadh e/i he/she would break, he/she used to break
briseamaid/briseadh sinn we would break, we used to break
briseadh sibh you (plural) would break, you (plural) used to break
briseadh iad they would break, they used to break
briste one would break, one is broken, one used to break, one used to be broken
Imperative
briseam let me break!
bris break!
briseadh e/i let him/her break!
briseamaid let's break!
brisibh break!
briseadh iad let them break!
brisear let one break! let people break! let (someone) be broken!
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