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Dormir conjugation: to sleep in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

Learn dormir, “to sleep”, and you add a very practical verb to your French: it is a useful everyday verb (number 83 of the 150 on this site). It is an irregular verb of the 3rd group with its own stems: je dors, nous dormons, and a future stem in dormir- (je dormirai). In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai dormi), with the past participle dormi. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.

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dormir at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary

Infinitive
dormir — to sleep
Group
3rd group (irregular verbs)
Type
Irregular verb
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Intransitive (no object)
Frequency
No. 83 of the 150 most common French verbs

The endings are in bold. Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.

Indicatif (indicative): dormir

Présent (present tense)

Présent (present tense) of the verb dormir
jedors
tudors
ildort
nousdormons
vousdormez
ilsdorment

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb dormir
jedormais
tudormais
ildormait
nousdormions
vousdormiez
ilsdormaient

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb dormir
jedormis
tudormis
ildormit
nousdormîmes
vousdormîtes
ilsdormirent

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb dormir
jedormirai
tudormiras
ildormira
nousdormirons
vousdormirez
ilsdormiront

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb dormir
j’ai dormi
tuas dormi
ila dormi
nousavons dormi
vousavez dormi
ilsont dormi

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb dormir
j’avais dormi
tuavais dormi
ilavait dormi
nousavions dormi
vousaviez dormi
ilsavaient dormi

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb dormir
j’eus dormi
tueus dormi
ileut dormi
nouseûmes dormi
vouseûtes dormi
ilseurent dormi

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb dormir
j’aurai dormi
tuauras dormi
ilaura dormi
nousaurons dormi
vousaurez dormi
ilsauront dormi

Conditionnel (conditional): dormir

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb dormir
jedormirais
tudormirais
ildormirait
nousdormirions
vousdormiriez
ilsdormiraient

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb dormir
j’aurais dormi
tuaurais dormi
ilaurait dormi
nousaurions dormi
vousauriez dormi
ilsauraient dormi

Subjonctif (subjunctive): dormir

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb dormir
que jedorme
que tudormes
qu’ildorme
que nousdormions
que vousdormiez
qu’ilsdorment

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb dormir
que j’aie dormi
que tuaies dormi
qu’ilait dormi
que nousayons dormi
que vousayez dormi
qu’ilsaient dormi

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb dormir
que jedormisse
que tudormisses
qu’ildormît
que nousdormissions
que vousdormissiez
qu’ilsdormissent

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb dormir
que j’eusse dormi
que tueusses dormi
qu’ileût dormi
que nouseussions dormi
que vouseussiez dormi
qu’ilseussent dormi

Impératif (imperative): dormir

Impératif présent (imperative)

Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb dormir
(tu)dors
(nous)dormons
(vous)dormez

Impératif passé (past imperative)

Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb dormir
(tu)aie dormi
(nous)ayons dormi
(vous)ayez dormi

Infinitive, participles and gerund of dormir

Non-personal forms of the verb dormir
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)dormir
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir dormi
Participe présent (present participle)dormant
Participe passé (past participle)dormi (never changes)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en dormant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant dormi

Example sentences with dormir

Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.

Watch out with dormir

Use avoir

In compound tenses dormir takes avoir (j’ai dormi). The participle dormi agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.

Irregular stems

Learn the stems, not the endings: the present is je dors / nous dormons / ils dorment, and the future and conditional use dormir- (je dormirai, je dormirais).

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Questions about dormir

How do you conjugate dormir (to sleep) in the present tense?

In the présent: je dors, tu dors, il dort, nous dormons, vous dormez, ils dorment.

Does dormir take être or avoir in the passé composé?

dormir takes avoir in compound tenses: j’ai dormi, nous avons dormi. The past participle is dormi.

What are the future and conditional forms of dormir?

Futur simple: je dormirai. Conditionnel présent: je dormirais. Both are built on the same stem (dormir-).

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