Partir is never followed by a direct object.
On a related topic, you may enjoy my article on how to ask someone out on a date in French. Note the difference “je suis sortie DU cinéma” I left the movies / “je suis sortie AU cinéma” I went out to the movies.
J’ai sorti les poubelles – I took the garbage outsideĤ – Sortir avec Quelqu’un: to go out (Socially – Romantic or not).Je sors les chiens = I’m taking the dogs out.In this meaning, “sortir” will take “avoir” in passé composé. More Details & Audio Samples 3 – Sortir + Direct Object = to Take Something Outside (I left/ exited/got out of my room to go in the kitchen) Je suis sortie DE ma chambre pour aller dans la cuisine. With this meaning, “sortir” will take “être” in passé composé. The focus in on the motion : so it’s more a description of your whereabouts, and when you exited a place to go in another one, and often both places are going to be specified. I am exiting the house – in French, you need a “de”. Sortir is usually followed by a preposition of place and complement of place (not a direct object as in English). 2 – Sortir (de, dans, sur…) – to Leave as in to Exit a Place. in the phone expression “ne quittez pas” to say ‘hold on’.īut watch out, we say “arrêter de fumer” (to quit smoking) – not “quitter”.you can also quit a job, or quit a place forever = “quitter un travail, quitter un pays”.
Je te quitte = I am breaking up with you. quitter son mari = to leave (break up with) your husband, your lover.Quitter is used mostly in 3 specific situations: “Quitter” is followed by a direct object. 9 – Exercise: Check if you can Understand and Then Translate 1 – Quitter – to Leave Forever + Break up With Someone