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Conjugation of the French verb imiter

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb imiter, along with their English translations.

imiter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
imiter	to copy

Present		Scored
j'imite	I copy
tu imites	you copy
il imite	he copies
elle imite	she copies
nous imitons	we copy
vous imitez	you copy
ils imitent	they copy
elles imitent	they copy

Imperfect		Scored
j'imitais	I was copying
tu imitais	you were copying
il imitait	he was copying
elle imitait	she was copying
nous imitions	we were copying
vous imitiez	you were copying
ils imitaient	they were copying
elles imitaient	they were copying

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'imitai	I copied
tu imitas	you copied
il imita	he copied
elle imita	she copied
nous imitâmes	we copied
vous imitâtes	you copied
ils imitèrent	they copied
elles imitèrent	they copied

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai imité	I have copied
tu as imité	you have copied
il a imité	he has copied
elle a imité	she has copied
nous avons imité	we have copied
vous avez imité	you have copied
ils ont imité	they have copied
elles ont imité	they have copied

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais imité	I had copied
tu avais imité	you had copied
il avait imité	he had copied
elle avait imité	she had copied
nous avions imité	we had copied
vous aviez imité	you had copied
ils avaient imité	they had copied
elles avaient imité	they had copied

Future		Scored
j'imiterai	I will copy
tu imiteras	you will copy
il imitera	he will copy
elle imitera	she will copy
nous imiterons	we will copy
vous imiterez	you will copy
ils imiteront	they will copy
elles imiteront	they will copy

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai imité	I will have copied
tu auras imité	you will have copied
il aura imité	he will have copied
elle aura imité	she will have copied
nous aurons imité	we will have copied
vous aurez imité	you will have copied
ils auront imité	they will have copied
elles auront imité	they will have copied

Conditional		Scored
j'imiterais	I would copy
tu imiterais	you would copy
il imiterait	he would copy
elle imiterait	she would copy
nous imiterions	we would copy
vous imiteriez	you would copy
ils imiteraient	they would copy
elles imiteraient	they would copy

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais imité	I would have copied
tu aurais imité	you would have copied
il aurait imité	he would have copied
elle aurait imité	she would have copied
nous aurions imité	we would have copied
vous auriez imité	you would have copied
ils auraient imité	they would have copied
elles auraient imité	they would have copied

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'imite	(... that) I copy
(... que) tu imites	(... that) you copy
(... que) il imite	(... that) he copies
(... que) elle imite	(... that) she copies
(... que) nous imitions	(... that) we copy
(... que) vous imitiez	(... that) you copy
(... que) ils imitent	(... that) they copy
(... que) elles imitent	(... that) they copy

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'imitasse	(... that) I was copying
(... que) tu imitasses	(... that) you were copying
(... que) il imitât	(... that) he was copying
(... que) elle imitât	(... that) she was copying
(... que) nous imitassions	(... that) we were copying
(... que) vous imitassiez	(... that) you were copying
(... que) ils imitassent	(... that) they were copying
(... que) elles imitassent	(... that) they were copying

Imperative		Scored
imite	Copy
imitons	Let's copy
imitez	Copy

Present Participle		Scored
imitant	copying

Past Participle		Scored
imité	copied

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