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Conjugation of the Italian verb dormire

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb dormire, along with their English translations.

dormire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
dormire	to sleep

Present		Scored
io dormo	I sleep
tu dormi	you sleep
lui dorme	he sleeps
lei dorme	she sleeps
noi dormiamo	we sleep
voi dormite	you sleep
loro dormono	they sleep

Imperfect		Scored
io dormivo	I was sleeping
tu dormivi	you were sleeping
lui dormiva	he was sleeping
lei dormiva	she was sleeping
noi dormivamo	we were sleeping
voi dormiste	you were sleeping
loro dormivano	they were sleeping

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io dormii	I slept
tu dormisti	you slept
lui dormì	he slept
lei dormì	she slept
noi dormimmo	we slept
voi dormiste	you slept
loro dormirono	they slept

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho dormito	I slept
tu hai dormito	you slept
lui ha dormito	he slept
lei ha dormito	she slept
noi abbiamo dormito	we slept
voi avete dormito	you slept
loro hanno dormito	they slept

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo dormito	I had slept
tu avevi dormito	you had slept
lui aveva dormito	he had slept
lei aveva dormito	she had slept
noi avevamo dormito	we had slept
voi avevate dormito	you had slept
loro avevano dormito	they had slept

Future		Scored
io dormirò	I will sleep
tu dormirai	you will sleep
lui dormirà	he will sleep
lei dormirà	she will sleep
noi dormiremo	we will sleep
voi dormirete	you will sleep
loro dormiranno	they will sleep

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò dormito	I will have slept
tu avrai dormito	you will have slept
lui avrà dormito	he will have slept
lei avrà dormito	she will have slept
noi avremo dormito	we will have slept
voi avrete dormito	you will have slept
loro avranno dormito	they will have slept

Conditional		Scored
io dormirei	I would sleep
tu dormiresti	you would sleep
lui dormirebbe	he would sleep
lei dormirebbe	she would sleep
noi dormiremmo	we would sleep
voi dormireste	you would sleep
loro dormirebbero	they would sleep

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei dormito	I would have slept
tu avresti dormito	you would have slept
lui avrebbe dormito	he would have slept
lei avrebbe dormito	she would have slept
noi avremmo dormito	we would have slept
voi avreste dormito	you would have slept
loro avrebbero dormito	they would have slept

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io dorma	(... that) I sleep
(... che) tu dorma	(... that) you sleep
(... che) lui dorma	(... that) he sleeps
(... che) lei dorma	(... that) she sleeps
(... che) noi dormiamo	(... that) we sleep
(... che) voi dormiate	(... that) you sleep
(... che) loro dormano	(... that) they sleep

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io dormissi	(... that) I was sleeping
(... che) tu dormissi	(... that) you were sleeping
(... che) lui dormisse	(... that) he was sleeping
(... che) lei dormisse	(... that) she was sleeping
(... che) noi dormissimo	(... that) we were sleeping
(... che) loro dormissero	(... that) they were sleeping

Imperative		Scored
dormi	Sleep
dormiamo	Let's sleep
dormite	Sleep

Present Participle		Scored
dormente	sleeping

Past Participle		Scored
dormito	slept

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