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Le bébé s'endort sans son pyjama.

Le bébé s'endort sans son pyjama.
The baby is falling asleep without his pajamas.
From Lesson 60:Daily routine verbs (se lever, s'habiller)·French

Questions & Answers about Le bébé s'endort sans son pyjama.

Why is it s'endort instead of se endort?
In French, the reflexive pronoun se drops its e and adds an apostrophe when the verb starts with a vowel or a silent h. Since endort starts with a vowel, se becomes s'.
What is the infinitive of this verb, and why is it reflexive?
The verb is s'endormir (to fall asleep). Without the reflexive pronoun, endormir just means 'to put someone to sleep'. Adding the reflexive pronoun se (which becomes s' here) shows that the baby is performing the action on himself: he is falling asleep!
Why does the verb end in a -t instead of an -e like se lève?
While many daily routine verbs you are learning end in -er and take an -e ending for 'he/she/it', s'endormir is an irregular -ir verb. Its 'he/she/it' form ends in a -t, giving us s'endort.
Why does the French sentence say son pyjama (singular) when English uses 'pajamas' (plural)?
In English, 'pajamas' is always a plural word, just like 'pants' or 'scissors'. In French, a set of pajamas is a singular noun: un pyjama. Because it is singular, we use the singular possessive word son (his) instead of the plural ses.

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