The French for imitate is the verb imiter

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French for imitate is the regular ER verb imiter, viewed thoroughly here in the main French tenses, past, present, future, conditional and subjunctives.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb imiter - French for imitate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of imiter, which is French for imitate.

• I imitate.
• you imitated.
• he will imitate.
• we would imitate.
• they may imitate.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for imiter, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE imiter
Simple Tenses imiter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent imitate	imite	imites	imite	imitons	imitez	imitent
Past Imperfect Imparfait imitated	imitais	imitais	imitait	imitions	imitiez	imitaient
Simple Past Passé Simple imitated	imitai	imitas	imita	imitâmes	imitâtes	imitèrent
Future Futur will imitate	imiterai	imiteras	imitera	imiterons	imiterez	imiteront
Conditional Conditionnel would imitate	imiterais	imiterais	imiterait	imiterions	imiteriez	imiteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may imitate	imite	imites	imite	imitions	imitiez	imitent
Compound Tenses imiter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have imitated	ai imité	as imité	a imité	avons imité	avez imité	ont imité
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had imitated	avais imité	avais imité	avait imité	avions imité	aviez imité	avaient imité
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai imité	auras imité	aura imité	aurons imité	aurez imité	auront imité
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have imitated	aurais imité	aurais imité	aurait imité	aurions imité	auriez imité	auraient imité
Imperative Imperatif imitate!		imite		imitons	imitez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of imiter the French for imitate
présent de l’indicatif

j’imite
- I imitate
tu imites
- you imitate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on imite
- he, she, it, one imitates
nous imitons
- we imitate
vous imitez
- you imitate (formal or plural)
ils, elles imitent
- they imitate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’imitais
- I imitated
- I was imitating
tu imitais
- you imitated- (familiar or informal)
- you were imitating
il, elle, on imitait
- he, she, it, one imitated
- he, she, it, one was imitating
nous imitions
- we imitated
- we were imitating
vous imitiez
- you imitated- (formal or plural)
- you were imitating
ils, elles imitaient
- they imitated
- they were imitating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
passé simple

j’imitai
- I imitated
tu imitas
- you imitated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on imita
- he, she, it, one imitated
nous imitâmes
- we imitated
vous imitâtes
- you imitated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles imitèrent
they imitated
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
futur

j’imiterai
- I will imitate
tu imiteras
- you will imitate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on imitera
- he, she, it, one will imitate
nous imiterons
- we will imitate
vous imiterez
- you will imitate (formal or plural)
ils, elles imiteront
- they will imitate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
conditionnel

j’imiterais
- I would imitate
tu imiterais
- you would imitate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on imiterait
- he, she, it, one would imitate
nous imiterions
- we would imitate
vous imiteriez
- you would imitate (formal or plural)
ils, elles imiteraient
- they would imitate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
présent de subjonctif

que j’imite
- that I may imitate
que tu imites
- that you may imitate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on imite
- that he, she, it, one may imitate
que nous imitions
- that we may imitate
que vous imitiez
- that you may imitate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles imitent
- that they may imitate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb imiter - the verb ‘to imitate’ in French

Past Participle of imiter is:
imité -imitated.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

• I have imitated
• you had imitated
• he will have imitated
• we would have imitated

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of imiter - French for imitate
passé composé

Here’s the French for imitate conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai imité
- I have imitated or I did imitate or
- I imitated
tu as imité
- you have imitated or you did imitate - (familiar or informal) or
- you imitated
il, elle, on a imité
- he, she, it, one has imitate or did imitate
- he, she, it imitated
nous avons imité
- we have imitated or we did imitate
- we imitated
vous avez imité
- you have imitated or you did imitate (formal or plural) or
- or we imitated
ils, elles ont imité
- they have imitated or they did imitate
- they imitated

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of imiter - imitate in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -imitate conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais imité
- I had imitated
tu avais imité
- you had imitated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait imité
- he, she, it, one had imitated
nous avions imité
- we had imitated
vous aviez imité
- you had imitated (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient imité
- they had imitated

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
futur antérieur

j’aurai imité
- I will have
tu auras imité
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura imité
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons imité
- we will have
vous aurez imité
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront imité
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
conditionnel passé

j’aurais imité
- I would have imitated
tu aurais imité
- you would have imitated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait imité
- he, she, it, one would have imitated
nous aurions imité
- we would have imitated
vous auriez imité
- you would have imitated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient imité
- they would have imitated

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Imperative Tense conjugations of imiter, the French for imitate
impératif

imite
- imitate!
imitons
- let’s imitate!
imitez
- imitate!

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Present Participle of imiter

imitant - imitating

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