imiter
Danish
Verb
imiter or imitér
- imperative of imitere
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mi.te/
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Verb
imiter
- to imitate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | imiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | imitant /i.mi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | imité /i.mi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | imitai /i.mi.te/ |
imitas /i.mi.ta/ |
imita /i.mi.ta/ |
imitâmes /i.mi.tam/ |
imitâtes /i.mi.tat/ |
imitèrent /i.mi.tɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | imite /i.mit/ |
imites /i.mit/ |
imite /i.mit/ |
imitions /i.mi.tjɔ̃/ |
imitiez /i.mi.tje/ |
imitent /i.mit/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | imite /i.mit/ |
— | imitons /i.mi.tɔ̃/ |
imitez /i.mi.te/ |
— | |
| 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “imiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
imiter
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of imitor
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
imiter
- imperative of imitere