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partir

to leave

verb par-TEER Common
Travel & Places Movement

Usage Note

Partir means to leave or set off and takes être in the past tense, so the participle agrees with the subject in je suis parti(e). The phrase à partir de means 'starting from' a time or place, and c'est mal parti grumbles that things have got off to a bad start.

Examples

"Nous partons demain matin."

Natural Translation

We're leaving tomorrow morning.

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