All verbs

/dɔʁmiʁ/to sleepA1

Family
Family 2 — two-stem `-ir`
Takes
no object — No object

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
dormons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

dor-+-s -s -t

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

dorm-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

dorm-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

dorm-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

dorm-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
dormir
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

dormir-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

dormir-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

dormir

Past participle
dormi

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

dormi

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

dormi

Conjugation

présent
Ije dors/ʒə dɔʁ/I sleep
youtu dors/ty dɔʁ/you sleep
he/sheil dort/il dɔʁ/he sleeps
wenous dormons/nu dɔʁmɔ̃/we sleep
youvous dormez/vu dɔʁme/you sleep
theyils dorment/il dɔʁm/they sleep

Examples

  • Je dors huit heures.

    /ʒə dɔʁ ɥit œʁ/

    I sleep eight hours.

  • Les enfants dorment.

    /le.z‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃ dɔʁm/

    The children are asleep.

  • Combien d'heures dors-tu ?

    /kɔ̃.bjɛ̃ dœʁ dɔʁ.ty/

    How many hours do you sleep?

Notes

  • Two stems: je dors but nous dormons — the m disappears in the singular. Same pattern as partir and sortir. See verbes-cinq-familles.

  • Falling asleep is s'endormir, a different verb.