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je dormais

was sleeping

→ dormir
dorm sleep + ais je/tu imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 2nd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #34,378
was sleeping
FR: Je dormais quand tu as appelé.
EN: I was sleeping when you called.
Conjugation of dormir
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First dormais —
Second dormais —
Third dormait dormaient

Non, je ne dormais pas.

No, I wasn't sleeping.

Ne dormais-tu pas ?

Weren't you asleep?

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Marty, tu ne dormais pas, hein ?

Marty, you weren’t asleep, were you?

— Retour vers le futur (1985)

De nouveau, je ne dormais plus.

Once again, I couldn't sleep.

— Fight Club (1999)

Je ne dormais pas, non.

I wasn't asleep, no.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Je ne dormais plus depuis quatre jours.

I hadn't slept for four days.

— Fight Club (1999)

Je ne dormais pas.

I wasn't sleeping.

— Dune : Deuxième partie (2024)

Alors que je ne dormais pas encore, un raffut dans la rue m'a alerté.

While I was still awake, a commotion in the street alerted me.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Tu ne dormais pas ?

You weren't asleep?

— Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988)

Je bossais la nuit et dormais le jour.

I worked at night and slept during the day.

— Happy Together (1997)