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Conjugation of dormir

  • Meaning to sleep
  • Level A1
  • Pattern irregular
  • Auxiliary avoir

Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.

Indicative

Présentpresent

je (j’)dors
tudors
il/​elle/​ondort
nousdormons
vousdormez
ils/​ellesdorment

More on this: Present tense: -ir verbs

Imparfaitongoing or habitual past

je (j’)dormais
tudormais
il/​elle/​ondormait
nousdormions
vousdormiez
ils/​ellesdormaient

More on this: Imperfect (imparfait)

Futur simplefuture

je (j’)dormirai
tudormiras
il/​elle/​ondormira
nousdormirons
vousdormirez
ils/​ellesdormiront

More on this: Simple future (futur simple)

Plus-que-parfaitpast perfect

je (j’)avais dormi
tuavais dormi
il/​elle/​onavait dormi
nousavions dormi
vousaviez dormi
ils/​ellesavaient dormi

More on this: Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)

Futur antérieurfuture perfect

je (j’)aurai dormi
tuauras dormi
il/​elle/​onaura dormi
nousaurons dormi
vousaurez dormi
ils/​ellesauront dormi

More on this: Future perfect (futur antérieur)

Conditional

Conditionnel présentconditional

je (j’)dormirais
tudormirais
il/​elle/​ondormirait
nousdormirions
vousdormiriez
ils/​ellesdormiraient

More on this: The conditional

Conditionnel passéconditional perfect

je (j’)aurais dormi
tuaurais dormi
il/​elle/​onaurait dormi
nousaurions dormi
vousauriez dormi
ils/​ellesauraient dormi

More on this: The conditional

Subjunctive

Subjonctif présentpresent subjunctive

je (j’)dorme
tudormes
il/​elle/​ondorme
nousdormions
vousdormiez
ils/​ellesdorment

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Subjonctif passéperfect subjunctive

je (j’)aie dormi
tuaies dormi
il/​elle/​onait dormi
nousayons dormi
vousayez dormi
ils/​ellesaient dormi

More on this: The subjunctive in the past

Imperative

Non-finite forms

Example sentences from the course

Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.

  • Les enfants dorment.The children are asleep.

    dorment — Présent · ils/elles; Subjonctif présent · ils/elles

  • J’ai dormi une demi-heure.I slept for half an hour.

    dormi — participe passé

  • Il faudrait dormir davantage.We ought to sleep more.

    dormir — infinitif

  • Un chat dort devant la porte.A cat is sleeping in front of the door.

    dort — Présent · il/elle/on

  • Le joint pare-fumée court le long du dormant.The smoke seal runs along the door frame.

    dormant — participe présent

  • Les enfants ont dormi tout de suite.The children fell asleep straight away.

    dormi — participe passé

A common trap

Wrong Nous dormissons bien ici.

Right Nous dormons bien ici.

dormir, partir and sortir look like finir and are not conjugated like it. Apply the rule of the -ir verbs and you write nous dormissons — no such form exists. The -iss- belongs only to the group of finir, choisir and réussir.

More irregular verbs: partir, voir, boire

Quick practice

5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.

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Verbs with the same pattern

Related grammar topics

The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.