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Conjugation of the French verb quitter

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

quitter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
quitter	to leave

Present		Scored
je quitte	I leave
tu quittes	you leave
il quitte	he leaves
elle quitte	she leaves
nous quittons	we leave
vous quittez	you leave
ils quittent	they leave
elles quittent	they leave

Imperfect		Scored
je quittais	I was leaving
tu quittais	you were leaving
il quittait	he was leaving
elle quittait	she was leaving
nous quittions	we were leaving
vous quittiez	you were leaving
ils quittaient	they were leaving
elles quittaient	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 quittai	I left
tu quittas	you left
il quitta	he left
elle quitta	she left
nous quittâmes	we left
vous quittâtes	you left
ils quittèrent	they left
elles quittèrent	they left

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai quitté	I left
tu as quitté	you left
il a quitté	he left
elle a quitté	she left
nous avons quitté	we left
vous avez quitté	you left
ils ont quitté	they left
elles ont quitté	they left

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais quitté	I had left
tu avais quitté	you had left
il avait quitté	he had left
elle avait quitté	she had left
nous avions quitté	we had left
vous aviez quitté	you had left
ils avaient quitté	they had left
elles avaient quitté	they had left

Future		Scored
je quitterai	I will leave
tu quitteras	you will leave
il quittera	he will leave
elle quittera	she will leave
nous quitterons	we will leave
vous quitterez	you will leave
ils quitteront	they will leave
elles quitteront	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
j'aurai quitté	I will have left
tu auras quitté	you will have left
il aura quitté	he will have left
elle aura quitté	she will have left
nous aurons quitté	we will have left
vous aurez quitté	you will have left
ils auront quitté	they will have left
elles auront quitté	they will have left

Conditional		Scored
je quitterais	I would leave
tu quitterais	you would leave
il quitterait	he would leave
elle quitterait	she would leave
nous quitterions	we would leave
vous quitteriez	you would leave
ils quitteraient	they would leave
elles quitteraient	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
j'aurais quitté	I would have left
tu aurais quitté	you would have left
il aurait quitté	he would have left
elle aurait quitté	she would have left
nous aurions quitté	we would have left
vous auriez quitté	you would have left
ils auraient quitté	they would have left
elles auraient quitté	they would have left

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je quitte	(... that) I leave
(... que) tu quittes	(... that) you leave
(... que) il quitte	(... that) he leaves
(... que) elle quitte	(... that) she leaves
(... que) nous quittions	(... that) we leave
(... que) vous quittiez	(... that) you leave
(... que) ils quittent	(... that) they leave
(... que) elles quittent	(... that) they leave

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je quittasse	(... that) I was leaving
(... que) tu quittasses	(... that) you were leaving
(... que) il quittât	(... that) he was leaving
(... que) elle quittât	(... that) she was leaving
(... que) nous quittassions	(... that) we were leaving
(... que) vous quittassiez	(... that) you were leaving
(... que) ils quittassent	(... that) they were leaving
(... que) elles quittassent	(... that) they were leaving

Imperative		Scored
quitte	Leave
quittons	Let's leave
quittez	Leave

Present Participle		Scored
quittant	leaving

Past Participle		Scored
quitté	left

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