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Dormi da me?

Dormi da me?
Are you sleeping at my place?
From Lesson 37:Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Dormi da me?

Why does da me translate to "at my place"?
In Italian, using the preposition da followed by a pronoun or a person's name means "at that person's house" or "at their place". So, da me means "at my place", and da Marco means "at Marco's place".
Why use me here instead of io or mi?
After a preposition like da, you must use a "tonic" (or strong) pronoun. You cannot use the subject word io (I), and you cannot use the weak object word mi. Instead, you always use the strong form me.
Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?
It is built right into the verb. Dormi is the "you" (singular) form of dormire (to sleep). Italian usually drops the subject word tu (you) because the verb's ending already tells us who is doing the sleeping.

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