Word
Quand est-ce que tu t'endors ?
Meaning
When do you fall asleep?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Quand est-ce que tu t'endors ?
tu
you (informal singular)
est-ce que
is it that / do / does (question marker)
quand
when
s'endormir
to fall asleep
Questions & Answers about Quand est-ce que tu t'endors ?
Why is there a t' before endors?
What is the difference between dormir and s'endormir?
Dormir simply means "to sleep" (the continuous state of being asleep). By making it reflexive (s'endormir), the meaning changes slightly to "to fall asleep" or "to go to sleep" (the transition of starting to sleep).
Why do we use est-ce que here instead of just asking Quand tu t'endors ?
In everyday spoken French, putting est-ce que (literally "is it that") after a question word like Quand (when) is the most standard and natural way to form a question. While you might hear Quand tu t'endors ? in very casual street French, adding est-ce que is grammatically safer and sounds very natural to native ears.
Is s'endormir conjugated like a regular verb?