Breakdown of Sempre que dormias aqui, elogiavas o conforto do quarto.
de
of / from / by (means of transport) / wearing (attire)
aqui
here
o quarto
the bedroom / the room
dormir
to sleep
elogiar
to praise
sempre que
whenever
o conforto
the comfort
Questions & Answers about Sempre que dormias aqui, elogiavas o conforto do quarto.
Why does this sentence use the indicative (dormias) after sempre que instead of the future subjunctive?
Because the sentence describes a past habit, not a future possibility. We use the indicative with sempre que for things that actually happen regularly in the present or happened in the past. You only use the future subjunctive after sempre que when talking about an event that might happen in the future.
Why are both verbs in the imperfect tense (dormias and elogiavas) rather than the simple past?
The imperfect tense is used for ongoing or repeated background actions in the past. Sempre que (whenever) inherently describes a recurring event, so the imperfect is the natural choice to show that sleeping here and praising the comfort was a repeated past habit, rather than a one-time completed action.
How can I tell this is the informal tu form if the pronoun isn't there?
The -as ending on both dormias and elogiavas gives it away. In the imperfect tense, the informal tu always ends in -as for regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. If it were the formal você, the verbs would be dormia and elogiava.
Does quarto refer to any room in a house?
No, quarto almost always specifically means a bedroom or a hotel room. If you wanted to talk about a living room or dining room, you would use sala, and a generic room in a house is often called a divisão.
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