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Translation

to sleep

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Word origin

From Latin dormire ('to sleep').

Origin
Latin
Root
dormire
English cognates
dormant, dormitory

Grammar

Verb type-ir radical-changing (o > u in the first person singular: durmo)

Examples

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I sleep eight hours a night.

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The children have already gone to sleep.

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He was sleeping when the phone rang.

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 12: Words 291-300.