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simuler
simuler
French
Etymology
From Latin simulō (“I imitate, I feign”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.my.le/
Verb
simuler
- (transitive) to simulate, feign, make like, emulate, pretend to be
- (sports) to dive (pretend to be fouled in order to gain an advantage)
Conjugation
Conjugation of simuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | simuler | avoir simulé | |||||
| gerund | en simulant | en ayant simulé | |||||
| present participle | simulant /si.my.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | simulé /si.my.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | simule /si.myl/ |
simules /si.myl/ |
simule /si.myl/ |
simulons /si.my.lɔ̃/ |
simulez /si.my.le/ |
simulent /si.myl/ |
| imperfect | simulais /si.my.lɛ/ |
simulais /si.my.lɛ/ |
simulait /si.my.lɛ/ |
simulions /si.my.ljɔ̃/ |
simuliez /si.my.lje/ |
simulaient /si.my.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | simulai /si.my.le/ |
simulas /si.my.la/ |
simula /si.my.la/ |
simulâmes /si.my.lam/ |
simulâtes /si.my.lat/ |
simulèrent /si.my.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | simulerai /si.myl.ʁe/ |
simuleras /si.myl.ʁa/ |
simulera /si.myl.ʁa/ |
simulerons /si.myl.ʁɔ̃/ |
simulerez /si.myl.ʁe/ |
simuleront /si.myl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | simulerais /si.myl.ʁɛ/ |
simulerais /si.myl.ʁɛ/ |
simulerait /si.myl.ʁɛ/ |
simulerions /si.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
simuleriez /si.my.lə.ʁje/ |
simuleraient /si.myl.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | simule /si.myl/ |
simules /si.myl/ |
simule /si.myl/ |
simulions /si.my.ljɔ̃/ |
simuliez /si.my.lje/ |
simulent /si.myl/ |
| imperfect1 |
simulasse /si.my.las/ |
simulasses /si.my.las/ |
simulât /si.my.la/ |
simulassions /si.my.la.sjɔ̃/ |
simulassiez /si.my.la.sje/ |
simulassent /si.my.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | simule /si.myl/ |
— | simulons /si.my.lɔ̃/ |
simulez /si.my.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||