simuler
Danish
Verb
simuler
- imperative of simulere
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin simulō (“I imitate, I feign”). Doublet of sembler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.my.le/
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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)
| infinitive | simple | simuler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | simulant /si.my.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | simulé /si.my.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | simulai /si.my.le/ | simulas /si.my.la/ | simula /si.my.la/ | simulâmes /si.my.lam/ | simulâtes /si.my.lat/ | simulèrent /si.my.lɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | simule /si.myl/ | simules /si.myl/ | simule /si.myl/ | simulions /si.my.ljɔ̃/ | simuliez /si.my.lje/ | simulent /si.myl/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | simule /si.myl/ | — | simulons /si.my.lɔ̃/ | simulez /si.my.le/ | — | |
| 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
- simulateur
- simulation
Further reading
- “simuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
simuler
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of simulō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
simuler
- imperative of simulere