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dormim
we sleep /dorˈmim/
verb#5257 most common
Also: we are sleeping, we're sleeping
Example sentences
Noi dormim opt ore în fiecare noapte.
We sleep eight hours every night.
În weekend dormim mai mult decât în timpul săptămânii.
On weekends we sleep more than during the week.
Dormim cu geamul deschis, chiar și iarna.
We sleep with the window open, even in winter.
Dacă bem cafea seara, nu mai dormim bine.
If we drink coffee in the evening, we don't sleep well anymore.
Deși suntem epuizați după drum, nu reușim să dormim din cauza zgomotului de pe stradă.
Although we are exhausted after the trip, we can't manage to sleep because of the noise from the street.
Oricât de confortabil ar fi hotelul, dormim prost ori de câte ori schimbăm fusul orar.
No matter how comfortable the hotel is, we sleep poorly whenever we change time zones.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | dorm | dormii | voi dormi |
| 2sg | dormi | dormiși | vei dormi |
| 3sg | doarme | dormi | va dormi |
| 1pl | dormim | dormirăm | vom dormi |
| 2pl | dormiți | dormirăți | veți dormi |
| 3pl | dorm | dormiră | vor dormi |
Word family
a dormito sleep (infinitive)
dormitsleptdormitorbedroomadormito fall asleepnedormitsleep-deprived, not slept
Etymology
Dormim comes from Latin dormire, meaning to sleep. Romanian kept this verb almost unchanged from spoken Latin, unlike some Romance languages that shifted the stem. The ending -im marks the first person plural present tense, the standard pattern for this class of Romanian verbs.
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