All verbs

/kite/to leaveA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object — Takes a direct object — always something

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
quittons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

quitt-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

quitt-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

quitt-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

quitt-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

quitt-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
quitter
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

quitter-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

quitter-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

quitter

Past participle
quitté

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

quitté

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

quitté

Conjugation

présent
Ije quitte/ʒə kit/I leave
youtu quittes/ty kit/you leave
he/sheil quitte/il kit/he leaves
wenous quittons/nu kitɔ̃/we leave
youvous quittez/vu kite/you leave
theyils quittent/il kit/they leave

Examples

  • Je quitte le bureau à six heures.

    /ʒə kit lə by.ʁo a si.z‿œʁ/

    I leave the office at six.

  • Ne quittez pas.

    /nə ki.te pa/

    Hold the line.

  • Il a quitté la France.

    /il a ki.te la fʁɑ̃s/

    He left France.

Set phrases

  • Ne quittez pas.

    Hold the line, don't hang up

Notes

  • quitter must have an object; partir must not. Je quitte la maison but Je pars. English "leave" covers both.

  • Ne quittez pas is what you hear on the phone — hold the line. See telephone.

  • It also means to leave a person — as in ending a relationship.