Language/French/Grammar/Conjugation-group-3

Conjugation group 3 - Dormir

The 3rd group of verbs includes all verbs not appearing in the first two.

This part of the conjugation is called 'dead conjugation' because it no longer produces new verbs. Indeed, when a new verb is created, in particular because of the evolution of human activity, it generally belongs to the first group ("délocaliser - scotcher ...") or more rarely to the second group ("alunir"). Some verbs of the third group even tend to disappear in favor of synonyms that are easier to conjugate: "résoudre" is often replaced by "solutionner", and "clore" by "clôturer".

In this third group, although the verbs are very different, it is still possible to make certain groupings. This is particularly the case for verbs in "-IR", where the present participle is en "-ant".

Conjugation DORMIR

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MODE INDICATIF

Présent	Imparfait	Passé simple	Futur simple
Je dors	Je dormais	Je dormis	Je dormirai
Tu dors	Tu dormais	Tu dormis	Tu dormiras
Il dort	Il dormait	Il dormit	Il dormira
Nous dormons	Nous dormions	Nous dormîmes	Nous dormirons
Vous dormez	Vous dormiez	Vous dormîtes	Vous dormirez
Ils dorment	Ils dormaient	Ils dormirent	Ils dormiront
Passé composé	Plus-que-parfait	Passé antérieur	Futur antérieur
J'ai dormi	J'avais dormi	J'eus dormi	J'aurai dormi
Tu as dormi	Tu avais dormi	Tu eus dormi	Tu auras dormi
Il a dormi	Il avait dormi	Il eut dormi	Il aura dormi
Nous avons dormi	Nous avions dormi	Nous eûmes dormi	Nous aurons dormi
Vous avez dormi	Vous aviez dormi	Vous eûtes dormi	Vous aurez dormi
Ils ont dormi	Ils avaient dormi	Ils eurent dormi	Ils auront dormi

MODE CONDITIONNEL

Présent	Passé
Je dormirais	J'aurais  dormi
Tu dormirais	Tu aurais dormi
Il dormirait	Il aurait dormi
Nous dormirions	Nous aurions dormi
Vous dormiriez	Vous auriez dormi
Ils dormiraient	Ils auraient dormi

MODE SUBJONCTIF

Présent	Passé	Imparfait	Plus-que-parfait
Je dorme	J'aie dormi	Je dormisse	J'eusse dormi
Tu dormes	Tu aies dormi	Tu dormisses	Tu eusses dormi
Il dorme	Il ait dormi	Il dormît	Il eût dormi
Nous dormions	Nous ayons dormi	Nous dormissions	Nous eussions dormi
Vous dormiez	Vous ayez dormi	Vous dormissiez	Vous eussiez dormi
Ils dorment	Ils aient dormi	Ils dormissent	Ils eussent dormi

MODE IMPERATIF

Présent	Passé
Dors	Aie dormi
Dormons	Ayons dormi
Dormez	Ayez dormi

MODE INFINITIF

Présent	Passé
Dormir	Avoir dormi

MODE PARTICIPE

Présent	Passé
Dormant	Ayant dormi

Notes

• Note: Six other verbs are conjugated according to this model: mentir, partir, se repentir, sentir, servir, sortir and their compounds. These verbs, as you will have noticed, lose the final consonant of the radical to the persons of the singular of the present indicative, as well as to the 2nd person of the present of the imperative.

• Note: the past participle "dormi" is always invariable.

Other Chapters

Table of Contents

Nouns

• Types
• Gender
• Plural

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Determiners

• Articles
• Typical use of the definite article
• Typical use of the indefinite article
• The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des
• Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne... pas, ne... jamais, ne... plus, ne... guère
• Omission of the article
• Demonstrative determiners
• Possessive determiners

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Personal and impersonal pronouns

• Subject pronouns
• Object pronouns
• Stressed pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Possessive pronouns

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Adjectives

• Adjectives modifying the noun
• Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions
• Adjectives with complements
• Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
• Adjectives used as nouns
• Adjectives used as adverbs
• Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives
• Plural forms of adjectives
• Adjective agreement with nouns
• Invariable adjectives
• Compound adjectives
• Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
• Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective
• Absolute use of the superlative

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Adverbs

• Function of adverbs
• Formation of adverbs with the ending -ment
• Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment
• Phrases used as adverbs
• English and French adverb formation
• Types of adverbs
• Location of adverbs

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Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers

• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Fractions
• Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English
• Measurements and comparisons
• Dates, days, years
• Clock time
• Money
• Quantifiers

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Verb forms

• Conjugations
• Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms
• Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs
• Verbs whose stems end in c- or g-
• Verb paradigms

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Verb constructions

• Relations between verbs and their complements
• Intransitive constructions
• Directly transitive verbs
• Indirectly transitive verbs
• Ditransitive verbs
• The passive
• Pronominal verbs
• Impersonal verbs
• Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements

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Verb and participle agreement

• Subject-verb agreement
• Agreement of the past participle with the subject of être
• Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object
• Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses

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Tense

• The present
• The past
• The future
• Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events
• Combining tenses
• Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events
• Tenses with si

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The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives

• The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive
• The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir
• The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: 'would', 'should', 'could', 'may', 'might', 'ought to', and 'must'
• Exclamatives
• Imperatives

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The infinitive

• Introduction: what are infinitives?
• Infinitives as complements to other verbs
• Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition
• Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition à
• Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de
• Omission of objects before infinitives
• Infinitives as complements to adjectives
• Infinitives as complements to nouns
• Infinitives in subordinate clauses
• Infinitives as polite commands
• Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements

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Prepositions

• Introduction
• Prepositions listed alphabetically from à to vers
• French translations for common English prepositions

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Question formation

• Introduction
• Yes/no questions
• Information questions
• Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion
• Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion
• Use of question words and phrases: qui?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc.
• Indirect questions

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Relative clauses

• Introduction
• Use of relative qui
• Use of relative que
• Preposition plus qui
• Use of lequel in relative clauses
• Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles
• The use of où as a relative pronoun
• Use of relative quoi
• Free relative clauses and the use of ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce à quoi, ce sur quoi, etc.
• Translating 'whoever', 'whatever', 'wherever', 'whenever', 'however'
• Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses

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Negation

• Introduction
• Location of sentence negators
• Order of negators in multiple negation
• Omission of ne in sentence negation
• Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives
• ne... pas
• ne... que
• ne... aucun(e), ne... nul(le)
• ne... jamais
• ne... plus
• ne... guère
• ne... rien
• ne... personne
• ne... ni... ni
• sans used with other negators
• ne used alone

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Conjunctions and other linking constructions

• Introduction
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers
• Repeated subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses
• après avoir/ être + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause
• Past participle phrases used as linkers
• Present participles and gerunds

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Sources

• https://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-44455.php
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nv-gKU0t2U
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feVsUFjVUX0

Other Lessons

• Superlative forms of adjectives
• Often Mistaken Gender of Nouns
• Adjectives with complements
• Vous and Tu Complete Guide
• Plurals of nouns ending in –al
• "J'ai eu" or "j'avais"
• Agreement of the past participle when using “avoir” with a preceding direct object
• Differences in the use of numbers in French and English once twice
• Plural of words in "Al"
• Conjugation group 2 — verbs whose infinitive ends in —ir
• How to use “et” in cardinal numbers
• Subjunctive Mood
• se as an alternative to an English passive
• Directly transitive verbs take the auxiliary “avoir”
• Nouns