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partir: Conjugation

The partir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb partir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of partir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of partir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je pars tu pars il/elle part nous partons vous partez ils/elles partent Pronounce these verb forms	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 Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je partais tu partais il/elle partait nous partions vous partiez ils/elles partaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais parti(e) tu étais parti(e) il/elle était parti(e) nous étions parti(e)s vous étiez parti(e)(s) ils/elles étaient parti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je partirai tu partiras il/elle partira nous partirons vous partirez ils/elles partiront Pronounce these verb forms	je serai parti(e) tu seras parti(e) il/elle sera parti(e) nous serons parti(e)s vous serez parti(e)(s) ils/elles seront parti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je partirais tu partirais il/elle partirait nous partirions vous partiriez ils/elles partiraient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais parti(e) tu serais parti(e) il/elle serait parti(e) nous serions parti(e)s vous seriez parti(e)(s) ils/elles seraient parti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je parte tu partes il/elle parte nous partions vous partiez ils/elles partent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois parti(e) tu sois parti(e) il/elle soit parti(e) nous soyons parti(e)s vous soyez parti(e)(s) ils/elles soient parti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je partis tu partis il/elle partit nous partîmes vous partîtes ils/elles partirent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus parti(e) tu fus parti(e) il/elle fut parti(e) nous fûmes parti(e)s vous fûtes parti(e)(s) ils/elles furent parti(e)s Pronounce these verb forms

This verb belongs to a pattern in which there is a 'characteristic consonant' immediately before the -ir of the infinitive. This consonant is absent in the singular present tense forms, but appears in other forms. These verbs also characteristically have a past participle ending in -i.

Apart from the behaviour of the characteristic consonant, this verb pattern is very similar to the regular -ir pattern, but without -ss- before its endings. It is also similar to the regular -er pattern but with -i in the past participle, and present tense singular endings -s/-t.

Common verbs following this pattern include: dormir (to sleep), mentir (to lie, not tell the truth), partir (to leave), sentir (to feel, smell), servir (to serve), sortir (to go/come out). Compounds such as endormir to put to sleep naturally follow the same pattern.