Conjugation

Brown up

faire dorer

Regular verb, phrasal verb.

Conjugated like want, look, need, black out, blurt out, buff out

  • Phrasal verb: up

    Only brown changes; up stays the same: browned up, browned up.

  • Object in the middle

    The object can go before up, as the card writes it: brown something up. A pronoun always does: brown it up.

In speech, the helping verbs shorten: I’m, he’s, we’re, I’ve, I’ll, I’d.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present simple

    Habits, facts, and how things usually are. To say no or ask, add do or does: I don't brown up, he doesn't brown up.

    1. I / you / we / they brown up
    2. he / she / it browns up

  2. Present continuous

    What is happening now, and plans already arranged: we’re leaving tomorrow.

    1. I am browning up
    2. you / we / they are browning up
    3. he / she / it is browning up

  3. Past simple

    A finished action at a past time: yesterday, in 2020. To say no or ask, add did: I didn't brown up.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they browned up

  4. Future with going to

    Plans and intentions, and what you can see coming: it’s going to rain.

    1. I am going to brown up
    2. you / we / they are going to brown up
    3. he / she / it is going to brown up

  5. Imperative

    Orders, advice, and instructions. Let’s suggests doing it together. To say no: don't brown up.

    1. (you) brown up
    2. let's brown up
BeginnerExperiences, what you were doing, and the future with will.Present perfect · Past continuous · Future with willAlso show the Beginner tenses (3)

  1. Present perfect

    The past linked to now: experiences, news, and what started earlier and still goes on: I’ve lived here for two years.

    1. I / you / we / they have browned up
    2. he / she / it has browned up

  2. Past continuous

    An action in progress at a past moment, often interrupted: I was cooking when you called.

    1. I / he / she / it was browning up
    2. you / we / they were browning up

  3. Future with will

    Predictions, promises, offers, and decisions made now: I’ll help you.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will brown up
IntermediateHow long something has lasted, the past before the past, and what would happen.Present perfect continuous · Past perfect · Future continuous · Conditional · Conditional perfectAlso show the Intermediate tenses (5)

  1. Present perfect continuous

    An activity from the past until now, and how long it has lasted: I’ve been waiting for an hour.

    1. I / you / we / they have been browning up
    2. he / she / it has been browning up

  2. Past perfect

    The past before another past moment: when I arrived, the train had left.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had browned up

  3. Future continuous

    An action in progress at a future moment: this time tomorrow, I’ll be flying.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will be browning up

  4. Conditional

    What would happen in an imagined situation, and polite requests: if I had time, I would help.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would brown up

  5. Conditional perfect

    What would have happened, but did not: if I had known, I would have come.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have browned up
AdvancedWhat will have happened, and the longer continuous tenses.Past perfect continuous · Future perfect · Future perfect continuous · Conditional continuous · Conditional perfect continuousAlso show the Advanced tenses (5)

  1. Past perfect continuous

    An activity that had been going on until a past moment: she was tired because she had been running.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they had been browning up

  2. Future perfect

    An action finished before a future moment: by Friday, I’ll have finished.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have browned up

  3. Future perfect continuous

    How long an activity will have lasted at a future moment: in June, I’ll have been working here for a year.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they will have been browning up

  4. Conditional continuous

    An action that would be in progress in an imagined situation: if I were rich, I would be traveling now.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would be browning up

  5. Conditional perfect continuous

    An activity that would have been going on in an imagined past: without the rain, we would have been playing outside.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they would have been browning up