To manipulate in French 🇫🇷

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Looks like English manipulate and that’s what it means

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manipuler info.

**Tips to remember the French word:**

– Recognize the shared root with the English word “manipulate”; they both come from the Latin “m****” (hand) and “plere” (to fill) which gives a sense of handling or controlling.
– Think of a puppeteer “manipulating” the strings, but in French, they would “manipuler” the marionettes.
– Break the word down into syllables that sound similar to English words: ma-ni-pu-ler.

**Explanations:**

– “Manipuler” in French means to handle, to manipulate or to operate with the hands. It can also refer figuratively to manipulating someone psychologically or emotionally.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**

– Manœuvrer
– Influencer
– Manier
– Contrôler

**Conjugations of ‘manipuler’:**

Infinitive: manipuler

Present tense:
– Je manipule (I manipulate)
– Tu manipules (You manipulate)
– Il/Elle/On manipule (He/She/One manipulates)
– Nous manipulons (We manipulate)
– Vous manipulez (You manipulate, formal plural)
– Ils/Elles manipulent (They manipulate)

Imperfect tense:
– Je manipulais (I was manipulating)
– Tu manipulais (You were manipulating)
– Il/Elle/On manipulait (He/She/One was manipulating)
– Nous manipulions (We were manipulating)
– Vous manipuliez (You were manipulating, formal plural)
– Ils/Elles manipulaient (They were manipulating)

Future tense:
– Je manipulerai (I will manipulate)
– Tu manipuleras (You will manipulate)
– Il/Elle/On manipulera (He/She/One will manipulate)
– Nous manipulerons (We will manipulate)
– Vous manipulerez (You will manipulate, formal plural)
– Ils/Elles manipuleront (They will manipulate)

Past tense (passé composé):
– J’ai manipulé (I manipulated)
– Tu as manipulé (You manipulated)
– Il/Elle/On a manipulé (He/She/One manipulated)
– Nous avons manipulé (We manipulated)
– Vous avez manipulé (You manipulated, formal plural)
– Ils/Elles ont manipulé (They manipulated)

**Examples of sentences using ‘manipuler’:**

– Il ne faut pas manipuler les gens pour obtenir ce que l’on veut. (One should not manipulate people to get what they want.)
– Les enfants apprennent à manipuler des ciseaux en maternelle. (Children learn how to use scissors in kindergarten.)
– Je manipule avec précaution les produits chimiques au laboratoire. (I handle the chemicals carefully in the lab.)
– Le magicien a manipulé les cartes d’une manière incroyable. (The magician handled the cards in an incredible way.)
– Elle a manipulé les résultats de l’expérience pour favoriser sa théorie. (She manipulated the results of the experiment to favor her theory.)

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