Conjugate dormir and other -MIR verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

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

 

Listen to these examples:

J'ai de la chance, je me rendors facilement.I'm lucky, I fall back to sleep easily.

Tu dors combien d'heures par nuit ?How many hours a night do you sleep?

Il s'endort souvent sur son livre.He often falls asleep on his book.

Nous dormons toujours ensemble.We always sleep together.

En général, vous dormez profondément.Generally, you sleep deeply.

Les enfants dorment paisiblement.The children are sleeping peacefully.
 

 

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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Il s'endort souvent sur son livre.He often falls asleep on his book.
Nous dormons toujours ensemble.We always sleep together.
J'ai de la chance, je me rendors facilement.I'm lucky, I fall back to sleep easily.
Tu dors combien d'heures par nuit ?How many hours a night do you sleep?
En général, vous dormez profondément.Generally, you sleep deeply.
Les enfants dorment paisiblement.The children are sleeping peacefully.
Conjugate dormir and other -MIR verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent)
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Elles s' rapidement. (They fall asleep quickly.)
Conjugate ''s'endormir'' in Le Présent

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Priti Arora K.A0Kwiziq community member

Is Je endors les enfants correct for I am putting children to sleep

Asked 4 years ago
CélineKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

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!

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Is Je endors les enfants correct for I am putting children to sleep

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Rant O.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Regular -ir conjugation

Since verbs ending in -mir are conjugated differently than those ending in -ir, it would be useful to be able to see easily how regular -ir verbs are conjugated to compare them. Maybe a link to that lesson?
Asked 6 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Here is a link to a page where you can check all conjugations:

http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.html

Rant O. asked:

Regular -ir conjugation

Since verbs ending in -mir are conjugated differently than those ending in -ir, it would be useful to be able to see easily how regular -ir verbs are conjugated to compare them. Maybe a link to that lesson?

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Marie O.A1Kwiziq community member

Are you saying that that is the incorrect way to conjugate it?

Asked 6 years ago
CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

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.

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Marie, the conjugation given in the lesson is correct. Was that your question?

-- Chris. 

Marie O.A1Kwiziq community member

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?

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

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).

Marie O. asked:

Are you saying that that is the incorrect way to conjugate it?

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could someone please explain why 'de' is needed in this sentence?

'J'écoute de la musique' Merci
Asked 6 years ago
CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer
Yes ,indeed but that makes it specific, to listen to music would always be écouter de la musique.
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
You can also say "j'écoute la musique" but it means "I am listening to the music", talking about a specific piece of music. Using "de la music", i.e., using the partitive article, it makes it unspecific: "I am listening to (some) music". -- Chris (not a native speaker).
CécileKwiziq Native French Teacher
I think this is because of the verb ´écouter' . You have to use the partitive "de la" as you can only listen to some music at any one time. You would say - "J'aime la musique " as it is a general statement about liking music in general. Hope this helps !
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

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).

G B. asked:

Could someone please explain why 'de' is needed in this sentence?

'J'écoute de la musique' Merci

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