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dormir: Conjugation

The dormir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb dormir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of dormir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of dormir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je dors tu dors il/elle dort nous dormons vous dormez ils/elles dorment Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai dormi tu as dormi il/elle a dormi nous avons dormi vous avez dormi ils/elles ont dormi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je dormais tu dormais il/elle dormait nous dormions vous dormiez ils/elles dormaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais dormi tu avais dormi il/elle avait dormi nous avions dormi vous aviez dormi ils/elles avaient dormi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je dormirai tu dormiras il/elle dormira nous dormirons vous dormirez ils/elles dormiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai dormi tu auras dormi il/elle aura dormi nous aurons dormi vous aurez dormi ils/elles auront dormi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je dormirais tu dormirais il/elle dormirait nous dormirions vous dormiriez ils/elles dormiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais dormi tu aurais dormi il/elle aurait dormi nous aurions dormi vous auriez dormi ils/elles auraient dormi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je dorme tu dormes il/elle dorme nous dormions vous dormiez ils/elles dorment Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie dormi tu aies dormi il/elle ait dormi nous ayons dormi vous ayez dormi ils/elles aient dormi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je dormis tu dormis il/elle dormit nous dormîmes vous dormîtes ils/elles dormirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus dormi tu eus dormi il/elle eut dormi nous eûmes dormi vous eûtes dormi ils/elles eurent dormi Pronounce these verb forms

This verb belongs to a pattern in which there is a 'characteristic consonant' immediately before the -ir of the infinitive. This consonant is absent in the singular present tense forms, but appears in other forms. These verbs also characteristically have a past participle ending in -i.

Apart from the behaviour of the characteristic consonant, this verb pattern is very similar to the regular -ir pattern, but without -ss- before its endings. It is also similar to the regular -er pattern but with -i in the past participle, and present tense singular endings -s/-t.

Common verbs following this pattern include: dormir (to sleep), mentir (to lie, not tell the truth), partir (to leave), sentir (to feel, smell), servir (to serve), sortir (to go/come out). Compounds such as endormir to put to sleep naturally follow the same pattern.