Partir Conjugation: How To Conjugate “To Leave” In French

Partir (Pronunciation paʀtiʀ) means “to leave” in French. The conjugation of partir in the present tense is je pars (I leave), tu pars (you leave), il, elle part (he, she leaves), nous partons (we leave), vous partez (you leave) and ils, elles partent (they leave).

Partir is an irregular iir verb. This means that when conjugated in the present tense, its endings are different from other regular -ir verbs.

Further down this page, we’ve listed the verb conjugation charts for partir in the following tenses. Keep reading as we’ve provided example sentences for each tense.

Present
Passé composé
Imperfect
Future
Conditional
Subjunctive

Partir conjugation table: quick overview

How to use “partir”

Before the conjugation charts (see below), we’ll explore several usage of partir.

1. To leave

The most basic usage of partir is simply “to leave”. For example:

Je pars dans une heure. I’m leaving in one hour.

2. To leave from

In the context of “to leave from”, partir is followed by the preposition de then the name of the place.

Je pars de la masion. I’m leaving the house.

3. To go on vacation

The expression partir en vancances means to go on vacation.

La famille part en vacances dans les Alpes. The family goes on vacation in the Alps.

4. To pass away

Partir can also mean to pass away.

Son grand-père est parti en juillet. His grandfather passed away in July.

Partir conjugation charts

In this section we’ve conjugated partir in six tenses which are necessary to know in order to speak French fluently.

Present tense

In the present tense, je pars translates to “I leave” and “I am leaving”.

Je pars	I leave	Je pars demain à midi.	I'm leaving tomorrow at noon.
Tu pars	You leave (singular, infomral)	A quelle heure est-ce que tu pars?	What time are you leaving?
Il, elle part	He, she leaves	Elle part en vacances en Suisse.	She's going to Switzerland on vacation.
Nous partons	We leave	Nous partons avec Thomas la semaine prochaine.	We're leaving with Thomas next week.
Vous partez	You leave (plural, formal)	Pourquoi est-ce que vous partez avant les autres?	Why are you leaving before the others?
Ils, elles partent	They leave	Ils partent de la maison très tôt le matin.	They leave the house very early in the morning.

Passé composé

In the passé composé, a commonly used French past tense for events which occurred at specified times, je suis parti means “I left”.

Partir requires the use of être (to be) an auxiliary verb in the passé composé.

Je suis parti(e)	I left	Je suis parti du bureau hier soir à dix-neuf heures.	I left the office last night at 7:00pm.
Tu es parti(e)	You left (familiar, singular)	A quelle heure est-ce que tu es parti de la masion?	What time did you leave the house?
Il, elle est parti(e)	He, she left	Est-ce qu'elle est partie avec Pierre?	Did she leave with Pierre?
Nous sommes parti(e)s	We left	Nous ne sommes pas partis avant tes amis.	We didn't leave before your friends.
Vous êtes parti(e)(s)	You left (formal, plural)	Pourquoi est-ce que vous êtes partis si tôt?	Why did you leave so early?
Ils, elles sont parti(e)s	They left	Ils sont partis avant la fin de la soirée.	The left before the end of the evening party.

Imperfect tense

In the imperfect (l’imparfait), a French past tense used for describing actions which occurred an unspecified times, je partais translates to “I was leaving” or “I used to leave”.

Je partais	I was leaving, used to leave	Quand j'étais au collège, je partais de la masion à sept heures du matin.	When I was in middle school I used to leave the house at 7:00am.
Tu partais	You were leaving, used to leave (informal, singular)	Dans le passé tu partais avant ta femme.	In the past you used to leave before your wife.
Il, elle partait	He, she was leaving used to leave	Elle partait du bureau quand le téléphone a sonné.	She was leaving the office when the phone rang.
Nous partions	We were leaving, used to leave	Nous partions de bonne heure pour faire du ski.	We used to leave early to go skiing.
Vous partiez	You were leaving, used to leave (formal, plural)	Vous partiez de l'hôtel quand le taxi est arrivé.	You were leaving the hotel when the taxi arrived.
Ils, elles partaient	They were leaving, used to leave	Ils partaient de l'école quand le professeur est arrivé.	They were leaving the school when the teacher arrived.

Future tense

In the future tense (le futur simple), je partirai translates to “I will leave”.

Je partirai	I will leave	Je partirai demain si j'ai la voiture.	I'll leave tomorrow if I have the car.
Tu partiras	You will leave (singular, informal)	A quelle heure est-ce que tu partiras?	What time will you leave?
Il, elle partira	He, she will leave	Il ne partira pas avant Marie.	He won't leave before Marie.
Nous partirons	We will leave	Nous partirons demain s'il fait beau.	We'll leave tomorrow if it's nice out.
Vous partirez	You will leave (plural, formal)	Est-ce que vous partirez en vacances cette année?	Will you go on vacation this year?
Ils, elles partiront	They will leave	Elles partiront avant la fin de la soirée.	They will leave before the end of the party.

Conditional tense

In the conditional tense (le conditionnel), je partirais translates to “I would leave”.

Je partirais	I would leave	Je partirais demain s'il faisait beau.	I'd leave tomorrow if it were nice out.
Tu partirais	You would leave (singular, informal)	Tu partirais en vacances si tu avais plus de temps libre.	You'd go on vacation if you had more free time.
Il, elle partirait	He, she would leave	Il partirait mais la soirée n'est pas terminée.	He'd leave but the party isn't over.
Nous partirions	We would leave	Nous partirions demain mais les employées du SNCF font grève.	We'd leave tomorrow but the SNCF employees are on strike.
Vous partiriez	You would leave (plural, formal)	Partiriez-vous en vacances si vous aviez plus de temps libre?	Would you go on vacation if you had more free time?
Ils, elles partiraient	They would leave	Ils partiraient demain s'ils avaient la voiture.	They'd leave tomorrow if they had the car.

Subjunctive mood

The French use the subjunctive mood (le subjonctif) to express wishes, emotions and doubts. Que je parte translates to “that I leave”.

que je parte	that I leave	Il faut que je parte tout de suite.	I need to leave right away.
que tu partes	that you leave (singular, informal)	Elle veut que tu partes demain matin.	She wants you to leave tomorrow morning.
qu'il, elle parte	that he, she leaves	Je suis triste qu'elle parte avant nous.	I'm sad she's leaving before us.
que nous partions	that we leave	Il faut que nous partions avant janvier.	We need to leave before January.
que vous partiez	that you leave (plural, formal)	Je doute que vous partiez en vacances cette année.	I doubt you're going on vacation this year.
qu'ils, elles partent	that they leave	Je ne pense pas qu'ils partent avant les autres.	I don't think they're leaving before the others.