The verb dormir, like other irregular -MIR verbs in Le Présent, doesn't conjugate like regular -IR verbs.
Learn how to conjugate DORMIR (to sleep) in Le Présent in Le Présent (Indicatif) in French
je dors |
I sleep |
tu dors | you sleep (one person you know well) |
il/elle/on dort | he/she/it/one sleeps / we/people sleep |
nous dormons | we sleep |
vous dormez | you sleep (more than one person or formal) |
ils/elles dorment | they sleep |
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Other irregular -MIR verbs include:
s'endormir (to fall asleep)
endormir (to put [someone] to sleep)
se rendormir (to fall back to sleep)
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Conjugate dormir and other -MIR verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent)
Is Je endors les enfants correct for I am putting children to sleep
Bonjour Priti Arora,
endormir quelqu’un:
J’endors les enfants = I put the children to sleep (sending them off to sleep)
J’endors mes élèves = I put my students to sleep (of boredom)
Mettre quelqu’un au lit:
Je mets les enfants au lit = I put the children to bed
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée!
Is Je endors les enfants correct for I am putting children to sleep
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Regular -ir conjugation
Here is a link to a page where you can check all conjugations:
http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.html
Regular -ir conjugation
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Are you saying that that is the incorrect way to conjugate it?
Hi Marie,
Just a correction-
'S'endormir' is to fall asleep and 'Se rendormir' is to fall back to sleep as they are both reflexive verbs.
Hi Marie, the conjugation given in the lesson is correct. Was that your question?
-- Chris.
I was confused by seeing "rendors" and "endort" in the examples, but not in the original conjugation. I would have explain my question better, but it didn't like the length of my question at first.
So endormir is to fall asleep, and rendormir is to fall back to sleep?
Yes, correct: "endormir" is to fall asleep and "rendormir" is to fall back to sleep.
They all follow the same pattern of conjugation as their root verb: dormir:
je dors -- je m'endors.
tu dors -- tu t'endors.
il dort -- il s'endort.
.... and so on. They share the same endings with "dormir".
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Are you saying that that is the incorrect way to conjugate it?
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Could someone please explain why 'de' is needed in this sentence?
But I believe you could, for example, say: "Tu as déjà écouté la musique de ce CD que je t'ai prêté?"
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Could someone please explain why 'de' is needed in this sentence?
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