5A.2 Irregular -ir verbs

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Point de départ
You are familiar with the class of French verbs whose
infinitives end in -er. The infinitives of a second class of
French verbs end in -ir. Some of the most commonly
used verbs in this class are irregular.

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Sortir is used to express leaving a room or a building.
It also expresses the idea of going out, as with friends
or on a date. The preposition de is used after sortir
when the place someone is leaving is expressed.

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Partir is generally used to say someone is leaving a large place
such as a city, country, or region. Often, a form of partir is
accompanied by the preposition pour and a destination
name to say to leave for (a place).

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Here is a list of verbs that are conjugated like sortir and
partir.