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imiter
imiter
French
Pronunciation
Verb
imiter
- to imitate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | imiter | avoir imité | |||||
| gerund | en imitant | en ayant imité | |||||
| present participle | imitant /i.mi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | imité /i.mi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | imite /i.mit/ |
imites /i.mit/ |
imite /i.mit/ |
imitons /i.mi.tɔ̃/ |
imitez /i.mi.te/ |
imitent /i.mit/ |
| imperfect | imitais /i.mi.tɛ/ |
imitais /i.mi.tɛ/ |
imitait /i.mi.tɛ/ |
imitions /i.mi.tjɔ̃/ |
imitiez /i.mi.tje/ |
imitaient /i.mi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | imitai /i.mi.te/ |
imitas /i.mi.ta/ |
imita /i.mi.ta/ |
imitâmes /i.mi.tam/ |
imitâtes /i.mi.tat/ |
imitèrent /i.mi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | imiterai /i.mi.tʁe/ |
imiteras /i.mi.tʁa/ |
imitera /i.mi.tʁa/ |
imiterons /i.mi.tʁɔ̃/ |
imiterez /i.mi.tʁe/ |
imiteront /i.mi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | imiterais /i.mi.tʁɛ/ |
imiterais /i.mi.tʁɛ/ |
imiterait /i.mi.tʁɛ/ |
imiterions /i.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imiteriez /i.mi.tə.ʁje/ |
imiteraient /i.mi.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | imite /i.mit/ |
imites /i.mit/ |
imite /i.mit/ |
imitions /i.mi.tjɔ̃/ |
imitiez /i.mi.tje/ |
imitent /i.mit/ |
| imperfect1 |
imitasse /i.mi.tas/ |
imitasses /i.mi.tas/ |
imitât /i.mi.ta/ |
imitassions /i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
imitassiez /i.mi.ta.sje/ |
imitassent /i.mi.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | imite /i.mit/ |
— | imitons /i.mi.tɔ̃/ |
imitez /i.mi.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||