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Conjugation of the French verb partir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb partir, along with their English translations.

partir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
partir	to leave

Present		Scored
je pars	I leave
tu pars	you leave
il part	he leaves
elle part	she leaves
nous partons	we leave
vous partez	you leave
ils partent	they leave
elles partent	they leave

Imperfect		Scored
je partais	I was leaving
tu partais	you were leaving
il partait	he was leaving
elle partait	she was leaving
nous partions	we were leaving
vous partiez	you were leaving
ils partaient	they were leaving
elles partaient	they were leaving

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je partis	I left
tu partis	you left
il partit	he left
elle partit	she left
nous partîmes	we left
vous partîtes	you left
ils partirent	they left
elles partirent	they left

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis parti	I have left
tu es parti	you have left
il est parti	he has left
elle est partie	she has left
nous sommes partis	we have left
vous êtes parti	you have left
ils sont partis	they have left
elles sont parties	they have left

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais parti	I had left
tu étais parti	you had left
il était parti	he had left
elle était partie	she had left
nous étions partis	we had left
vous étiez parti	you had left
ils étaient partis	they had left
elles étaient parties	they had left

Future		Scored
je partirai	I will leave
tu partiras	you will leave
il partira	he will leave
elle partira	she will leave
nous partirons	we will leave
vous partirez	you will leave
ils partiront	they will leave
elles partiront	they will leave

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serai parti	I will have left
tu seras parti	you will have left
il sera parti	he will have left
elle sera partie	she will have left
nous serons partis	we will have left
vous serez parti	you will have left
ils seront partis	they will have left
elles seront parties	they will have left

Conditional		Scored
je partirais	I would leave
tu partirais	you would leave
il partirait	he would leave
elle partirait	she would leave
nous partirions	we would leave
vous partiriez	you would leave
ils partiraient	they would leave
elles partiraient	they would leave

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serais parti	I would have left
tu serais parti	you would have left
il serait parti	he would have left
elle serait partie	she would have left
nous serions partis	we would have left
vous seriez parti	you would have left
ils seraient partis	they would have left
elles seraient parties	they would have left

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je parte	(... that) I leave
(... que) tu partes	(... that) you leave
(... que) il parte	(... that) he leaves
(... que) elle parte	(... that) she leaves
(... que) nous partions	(... that) we leave
(... que) vous partiez	(... that) you leave
(... que) ils partent	(... that) they leave
(... que) elles partent	(... that) they leave

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je partisse	(... that) I was leaving
(... que) tu partisses	(... that) you were leaving
(... que) il partît	(... that) he was leaving
(... que) elle partît	(... that) she was leaving
(... que) nous partissions	(... that) we were leaving
(... que) vous partissiez	(... that) you were leaving
(... que) ils partissent	(... that) they were leaving
(... que) elles partissent	(... that) they were leaving

Imperative		Scored
pars	Leave
partons	Let's leave
partez	Leave

Present Participle		Scored
partant	leaving

Past Participle		Scored
parti	left

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