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Conjugation of partire

  • Meaning to set off, to leave
  • Level A1
  • Pattern regular (-ire) · conjugated like dormire
  • Auxiliary essere

What is special about this verb

Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.

Indicative

Imperfettoongoing or habitual past

iopartivo
tupartivi
lui/​leipartiva
noipartivamo
voipartivate
loropartivano

More on this: Imperfect (imperfetto)

Trapassato prossimopast perfect

ioero partito
tueri partito
lui/​leiera partito
noieravamo partiti
voieravate partiti
loroerano partiti

More on this: Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)

Futuro anteriorefuture perfect

iosarò partito
tusarai partito
lui/​leisarà partito
noisaremo partiti
voisarete partiti
lorosaranno partiti

More on this: Future perfect (futuro anteriore)

Conditional

Condizionale presenteconditional

iopartirei
tupartiresti
lui/​leipartirebbe
noipartiremmo
voipartireste
loropartirebbero

More on this: Conditional (condizionale)

Condizionale passatoconditional perfect

iosarei partito
tusaresti partito
lui/​leisarebbe partito
noisaremmo partiti
voisareste partiti
lorosarebbero partiti

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Subjunctive

Congiuntivo presentepresent subjunctive

ioparta
tuparta
lui/​leiparta
noipartiamo
voipartiate
loropartano

More on this: Subjunctive: the forms

Congiuntivo imperfettopast subjunctive

iopartissi
tupartissi
lui/​leipartisse
noipartissimo
voipartiste
loropartissero

More on this: Past subjunctive: fossi, avessi

Congiuntivo trapassatopluperfect subjunctive

iofossi partito
tufossi partito
lui/​leifosse partito
noifossimo partiti
voifoste partiti
lorofossero partiti

More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo

Imperative

Imperativo negativonegative imperative

tunon partire
Leinon parta
noinon partiamo
voinon partite
Loronon partano

More on this: The negative imperative

Non-finite forms

Example sentences from the course

Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.

  • Partiamo domani mattina.We are setting off tomorrow morning.

    Partiamo — Presente · noi; Congiuntivo presente · noi

  • La settimana prossima parto.Next week I am leaving.

    parto — Presente · io

  • Le parti convengono come segue.The parties agree as follows.

    parti — Presente · tu; Imperativo · tu

  • La sicura è pronta, puoi partire.The belay is ready, off you go.

    partire — infinito

  • L’illiquidità si vede dai pagamenti che non partono più.The inability to pay is visible in the payments that no longer go out.

    partono — Presente · loro

  • Basta un film di elettrolita sottile perché il processo parta.A thin electrolyte film is enough for the process to start.

    parta — Congiuntivo presente · io; Congiuntivo presente · tu

A common trap

Wrong Sto per partire domani mattina.

Right Domani mattina parto.

« I'm going to leave tomorrow morning » is ordinary English, and the phrase that looks like it means « any second now ». With domani beside it the sentence contradicts itself. English « going to » stretches from the next second to next year and Italian has nothing that stretches at all: the near end is stare per, and everything past the next few minutes is the plain present.

About to: stare per

Quick practice

5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.

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The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.