simuler
Danish
Verb
simuler
- imperative of simulere
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin simulāre (“to imitate, to feign”). Doublet of sembler.
Pronunciation
Verb
simuler
- (transitive) to feign, to fake, to put on, to pretend to have
- (intransitive, sports) to dive (to pretend to be fouled in order to gain an advantage)
- (intransitive, sex) to fake it (to feign to be enjoying sex; to pretend to have an orgasm)
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
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