Conjugation Table for the Italian Verb 'Dormire'

Dormire is an Italian verb meaning "to sleep," "to be asleep," "to spend the night," or "to lie dormant." It is a regular third-conjugation Italian verb. Dormire is a transitive verb (meaning it takes a direct object) or an intransitive verb (meaning does not take a direct object). It is conjugated with the auxiliary verb avere.

Third-Conjugation Verbs

In Italian, third-conjugation verbs, even regular third-conjugation verbs, can be tricky to master. While there are many regular Italian verbs that conjugate according to easily recognizable patterns, there are also a number of verbs that don’t follow those rules. Third-conjugation verbs, also called –ire verbs, fall in that category and have a unique feature about their endings.

The present tense of a regular –ire verb is formed by dropping the infinitive ending, –ire, and adding the appropriate endings to the resulting stem. There is a different ending for each person, like “I,” “you,” or “we,” for example. That is very much the case for dormire.

Conjugating Dormire

The verb dormire is conjugated in all tenses and moods. Mood refers to the attitude of the speaker toward what he is saying. There are four finite moods (modi finiti) in Italian: indicative (indicativo), which is used to indicate facts; subjunctive (congiuntivo), which is used to express an attitude or feeling toward an event; conditional (condizionale), which is used to express what would happen in a hypothetical situation; and imperative (imperativo), which is used to give commands.

INDICATIVE/INDICATIVO

SUBJUNCTIVE/CONGIUNTIVO

CONDITIONAL/CONDIZIONALE

IMPERATIVE/IMPERATIVO

• Presente
• --
• dormi
• dorma
• dormiamo
• dormiate
• dormano 

INFINITIVE/INFINITVO 

PARTICIPLE/PARTICIPIO

GERUND/GERUNDIO