endormir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
endormir
- (transitive) to put to sleep
- (reflexive, s'endormir) to fall asleep
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) endors and (il) endort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *endormis and *endormit (as in the past historic).
Conjugation of endormir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | endormir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | endormant /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | endormi /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | endors /ɑ̃.dɔʁ/ |
endors /ɑ̃.dɔʁ/ |
endort /ɑ̃.dɔʁ/ |
endormons /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
endormez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.me/ |
endorment /ɑ̃.dɔʁm/ |
| imperfect | endormais /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɛ/ |
endormais /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɛ/ |
endormait /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɛ/ |
endormions /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
endormiez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mje/ |
endormaient /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | endormis /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ |
endormis /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ |
endormit /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ |
endormîmes /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mim/ |
endormîtes /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mit/ |
endormirent /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ/ | |
| future | endormirai /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
endormiras /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
endormira /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁa/ |
endormirons /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
endormirez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁe/ |
endormiront /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | endormirais /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
endormirais /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
endormirait /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ |
endormirions /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
endormiriez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁje/ |
endormiraient /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | endorme /ɑ̃.dɔʁm/ |
endormes /ɑ̃.dɔʁm/ |
endorme /ɑ̃.dɔʁm/ |
endormions /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mjɔ̃/ |
endormiez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mje/ |
endorment /ɑ̃.dɔʁm/ |
| imperfect2 | endormisse /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mis/ |
endormisses /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mis/ |
endormît /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ |
endormissions /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
endormissiez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi.sje/ |
endormissent /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | endors /ɑ̃.dɔʁ/ |
— | endormons /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mɔ̃/ |
endormez /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.me/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “endormir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.