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title: "Partir conjugation: all tenses with examples"
description: "Partir in every French tense: je pars, je suis parti(e), je partirai, que je parte. Full tables, examples and TCF/TEF Canada tips."
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French conjugation

# Partir conjugation

Partir (“to leave”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Partir (“to leave”) is an irregular verb of the third group. In the présent: je pars, tu pars, il/elle part, nous partons, vous partez, ils/elles partent. Its passé composé is formed with être and the past participle parti, and its futur simple is built on the stem partir-.

## Partir at a glance

Meaning

to leave

Type

Irregular verb (third group)

Auxiliary

être

Past participle

parti

Present participle

partant

Future stem

partir-

## Partir in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je pars
-   tu pars
-   il/elle part
-   nous partons
-   vous partez
-   ils/elles partent

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   je suis parti(e)
-   tu es parti(e)
-   il/elle est parti(e)
-   nous sommes parti(e)s
-   vous êtes parti(e)(s)
-   ils/elles sont parti(e)s

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je partais
-   tu partais
-   il/elle partait
-   nous partions
-   vous partiez
-   ils/elles partaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je partirai
-   tu partiras
-   il/elle partira
-   nous partirons
-   vous partirez
-   ils/elles partiront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je partirais
-   tu partirais
-   il/elle partirait
-   nous partirions
-   vous partiriez
-   ils/elles partiraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je parte
-   que tu partes
-   qu'il/elle parte
-   que nous partions
-   que vous partiez
-   qu'ils/elles partent

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   pars
-   partons
-   partez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je partis
-   tu partis
-   il/elle partit
-   nous partîmes
-   vous partîtes
-   ils/elles partirent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: partant
-   Past participle: parti, partie, partis, parties

TCF and TEF Canada

## How partir shows up in the TCF and TEF

Partir takes être in the passé composé and conjugates like sortir (je pars, nous partons). It is common in travel and moving situations.

-   Le train part à neuf heures. _The train leaves at nine._
-   Ils sont partis s'installer à Winnipeg. _They left to settle in Winnipeg._

## From conjugation tables to an exam score

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Questions

## Partir conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate partir in the present tense?

In the présent, partir is: je pars, tu pars, il/elle part, nous partons, vous partez, ils/elles partent.

### What is the passé composé of partir?

Partir forms the passé composé with être and the past participle parti: je suis parti(e), tu es parti(e), il/elle est parti(e), nous sommes parti(e)s, vous êtes parti(e)(s), ils/elles sont parti(e)s.

### Is partir conjugated with être or avoir?

Partir takes être in the passé composé and the other compound tenses, so the past participle agrees with the subject: il/elle est parti(e).

### What is partir in the futur simple?

The futur simple of partir is built on the stem partir-: je partirai, tu partiras, il/elle partira, nous partirons, vous partirez, ils/elles partiront.

### What is the imperfect of partir?

The imparfait of partir is: je partais, tu partais, il/elle partait, nous partions, vous partiez, ils/elles partaient.

### What is the subjunctive of partir?

The subjonctif présent of partir is: que je parte, que tu partes, qu'il/elle parte, que nous partions, que vous partiez, qu'ils/elles partent.

### What is partir in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For partir: je partis, tu partis, il/elle partit, nous partîmes, vous partîtes, ils/elles partirent.

### What is the imperative of partir?

The impératif of partir has three forms: pars, partons, partez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of partir?

The past participle of partir is parti (feminine partie, plural partis, parties). Its present participle is partant.

## More French verbs

-   [être](/french-conjugation/etre)
-   [avoir](/french-conjugation/avoir)
-   [aller](/french-conjugation/aller)
-   [faire](/french-conjugation/faire)
-   [dire](/french-conjugation/dire)
-   [pouvoir](/french-conjugation/pouvoir)
-   [vouloir](/french-conjugation/vouloir)
-   [devoir](/french-conjugation/devoir)

[All 64 verbs](/french-conjugation)

Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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