No. 2,198 in French
dormir
To sleep.
In a sentence
Je vais dormir tôt ce soir.
I will sleep early tonight.
Here, 'dormir' is used in its infinitive form to express the action of sleeping intended in the near future.
Il dort profondément après une longue journée.
He is sleeping deeply after a long day.
The word 'dort' is the conjugated present tense of 'dormir' for the subject 'il', describing ongoing sleep.
Nous avons dormi sous les étoiles hier soir.
We slept under the stars last night.
Here, 'dormi' is the past participle of 'dormir', utilized to indicate the completed action of sleeping in the past.
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