The French for leave is the verb quitter

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French for leave is the regular ER verb quitter, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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So, if you want to know how to say leave (meaning to leave a country for instance) in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb quitter - French for leave

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of quitter, which is French for leave.

• I leave.
• you leaved.
• he will leave.
• we would leave.
• they may leave.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for quitter, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Try this process four or five times a day for a week to consolidate the learning. Remember to come back to the tables after another week, month, 3 months etc to review what you have learnt.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE quitter
Simple Tenses quitter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent leave	quitte	quittes	quitte	quittons	quittez	quittent
Past Imperfect Imparfait leaved	quittais	quittais	quittait	quittions	quittiez	quittaient
Simple Past Passé Simple leaved	quittai	quittas	quitta	quittâmes	quittâtes	quittèrent
Future Futur will leave	quitterai	quitteras	quittera	quitterons	quitterez	quitteront
Conditional Conditionnel would leave	quitterais	quitterais	quitterait	quitterions	quitteriez	quitteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may leave	quitte	quittes	quitte	quittions	quittiez	quittent
Compound Tenses quitter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have leaved	ai quitté	as quitté	a quitté	avons quitté	avez quitté	ont quitté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had leaved	avais quitté	avais quitté	avait quitté	avions quitté	aviez quitté	avaient quitté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai quitté	auras quitté	aura quitté	aurons quitté	aurez quitté	auront quitté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have leaved	aurais quitté	aurais quitté	aurait quitté	aurions quitté	auriez quitté	auraient quitté
Imperative Imperatif leave!		quitte		quittons	quittez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of quitter the French for leave
présent de l’indicatif

je quitte
- I leave
tu quittes
- you leave - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on quitte
- he, she, it, one leaves
nous quittons
- we leave
vous quittez
- you leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles quittent
- they leave

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
imparfait de l’indicatif

je quittais
- I leaved
- I was leaving
tu quittais
- you leaved- (familiar or informal)
- you were leaving
il, elle, on quittait
- he, she, it, one leaved
- he, she, it, one was leaving
nous quittions
- we leaved
- we were leaving
vous quittiez
- you leaved- (formal or plural)
- you were leaving
ils, elles quittaient
- they leaved
- they were leaving

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
passé simple

je quittai
- I leaved
tu quittas
- you leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on quitta
- he, she, it, one leaved
nous quittâmes
- we leaved
vous quittâtes
- you leaved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles quittèrent
they leaved
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
futur

je quitterai
- I will leave
tu quitteras
- you will leave (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on quittera
- he, she, it, one will leave
nous quitterons
- we will leave
vous quitterez
- you will leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles quitteront
- they will leave

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Conditional Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
conditionnel

je quitterais
- I would leave
tu quitterais
- you would leave (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on quitterait
- he, she, it, one would leave
nous quitterions
- we would leave
vous quitteriez
- you would leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles quitteraient
- they would leave

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
présent de subjonctif

que je quitte
- that I may leave
que tu quittes
- that you may leave(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on quitte
- that he, she, it, one may leave
que nous quittions
- that we may leave
que vous quittiez
- that you may leave(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles quittent
- that they may leave

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb quitter - the verb ‘to leave’ in French

Past Participle of quitter is:
quitté -leaved.

These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.

• I have leaved
• you had leaved
• he will have leaved
• we would have leaved

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of quitter - French for leave
passé composé

Here’s the French for leave conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai quitté
- I have leaved or I did leave or
- I leaved
tu as quitté
- you have leaved or you did leave - (familiar or informal) or
- you leaved
il, elle, on a quitté
- he, she, it, one has leave or did leave
- he, she, it leaved
nous avons quitté
- we have leaved or we did leave
- we leaved
vous avez quitté
- you have leaved or you did leave (formal or plural) or
- or we leaved
ils, elles ont quitté
- they have leaved or they did leave
- they leaved

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of quitter - leave in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -leave conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais quitté
- I had leaved
tu avais quitté
- you had leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait quitté
- he, she, it, one had leaved
nous avions quitté
- we had leaved
vous aviez quitté
- you had leaved (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient quitté
- they had leaved

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
futur antérieur

j’aurai quitté
- I will have
tu auras quitté
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura quitté
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons quitté
- we will have
vous aurez quitté
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront quitté
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
conditionnel passé

j’aurais quitté
- I would have leaved
tu aurais quitté
- you would have leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait quitté
- he, she, it, one would have leaved
nous aurions quitté
- we would have leaved
vous auriez quitté
- you would have leaved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient quitté
- they would have leaved

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Imperative Tense conjugations of quitter, the French for leave
impératif

quitte
- leave!
quittons
- let’s leave!
quittez
- leave!

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Present Participle of quitter

quittant - leaving

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