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French conjugation

# Dormir conjugation

Dormir (“to sleep”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Dormir (“to sleep”) is an irregular verb of the third group. In the présent: je dors, tu dors, il/elle dort, nous dormons, vous dormez, ils/elles dorment. Its passé composé is formed with avoir and the past participle dormi, and its futur simple is built on the stem dormir-.

## Dormir at a glance

Meaning

to sleep

Type

Irregular verb (third group)

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

dormi

Present participle

dormant

Future stem

dormir-

## Dormir in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je dors
-   tu dors
-   il/elle dort
-   nous dormons
-   vous dormez
-   ils/elles dorment

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   j'ai dormi
-   tu as dormi
-   il/elle a dormi
-   nous avons dormi
-   vous avez dormi
-   ils/elles ont dormi

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je dormais
-   tu dormais
-   il/elle dormait
-   nous dormions
-   vous dormiez
-   ils/elles dormaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je dormirai
-   tu dormiras
-   il/elle dormira
-   nous dormirons
-   vous dormirez
-   ils/elles dormiront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je dormirais
-   tu dormirais
-   il/elle dormirait
-   nous dormirions
-   vous dormiriez
-   ils/elles dormiraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je dorme
-   que tu dormes
-   qu'il/elle dorme
-   que nous dormions
-   que vous dormiez
-   qu'ils/elles dorment

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   dors
-   dormons
-   dormez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je dormis
-   tu dormis
-   il/elle dormit
-   nous dormîmes
-   vous dormîtes
-   ils/elles dormirent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: dormant
-   Past participle: dormi, dormie, dormis, dormies

TCF and TEF Canada

## How dormir shows up in the TCF and TEF

Dormir drops the m in the singular présent (je dors) and keeps it in the plural (nous dormons). It shows up in health and lifestyle topics.

-   Je dors mal depuis mon déménagement. _I have been sleeping badly since I moved._
-   Les enfants dormaient quand nous sommes rentrés. _The children were asleep when we got home._

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Questions

## Dormir conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate dormir in the present tense?

In the présent, dormir is: je dors, tu dors, il/elle dort, nous dormons, vous dormez, ils/elles dorment.

### What is the passé composé of dormir?

Dormir forms the passé composé with avoir and the past participle dormi: j'ai dormi, tu as dormi, il/elle a dormi, nous avons dormi, vous avez dormi, ils/elles ont dormi.

### Is dormir conjugated with être or avoir?

Dormir takes avoir in the passé composé and the other compound tenses: j'ai dormi.

### What is dormir in the futur simple?

The futur simple of dormir is built on the stem dormir-: je dormirai, tu dormiras, il/elle dormira, nous dormirons, vous dormirez, ils/elles dormiront.

### What is the imperfect of dormir?

The imparfait of dormir is: je dormais, tu dormais, il/elle dormait, nous dormions, vous dormiez, ils/elles dormaient.

### What is the subjunctive of dormir?

The subjonctif présent of dormir is: que je dorme, que tu dormes, qu'il/elle dorme, que nous dormions, que vous dormiez, qu'ils/elles dorment.

### What is dormir in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For dormir: je dormis, tu dormis, il/elle dormit, nous dormîmes, vous dormîtes, ils/elles dormirent.

### What is the imperative of dormir?

The impératif of dormir has three forms: dors, dormons, dormez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of dormir?

The past participle of dormir is dormi (feminine dormie, plural dormis, dormies). Its present participle is dormant.

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-   [dire](/french-conjugation/dire)
-   [pouvoir](/french-conjugation/pouvoir)
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-   [devoir](/french-conjugation/devoir)

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Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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