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dormi

you sleep / to sleep (2nd person singular present or imperative of "a dormi") /dorˈmi/

verb#460 most common

Also: sleep! (command), you are sleeping

Example sentences

Tu dormi acum?
Are you sleeping now?
Dormi bine!
Sleep well!
Dacă dormi opt ore, te simți mai bine.
If you sleep eight hours, you feel better.
Vreau să dormi mai mult în weekend.
I want you to sleep more on the weekend.
Ai putea să dormi la noi diseară, dacă vrei.
You could sleep at our place tonight, if you want.
Cu cât dormi mai puțin, cu atât rișți să fii mai iritabil și mai puțin concentrat peste zi.
The less you sleep, the more you risk being irritable and less focused during the day.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgdormdormiivoi dormi
2sgdormidormișivei dormi
3sgdoarmedormiva dormi
1pldormimdormirămvom dormi
2pldormițidormirățiveți dormi
3pldormdormirăvor dormi

Word family

a dormito sleep (infinitive)
dormitslept; sleep (as a state)dormitorbedroomadormito fall asleep, to lull to sleepsomnsleep (the noun, from a different Latin root, somnus)

Etymology

Dormi is a form of the Romanian verb a dormi, which comes straight from Latin dormire, to sleep. Romanian kept this core Latin verb largely intact, unlike some other everyday words that got replaced by Slavic borrowings. The Latin verb itself traces back to an old Indo-European root tied to sleeping and dozing.

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