partir pour + infinitive also means 'to start' (and gives the impression of continuing for a long time): As in, Il est parti pour parler pendant une heure (He started talking and looked like he'd keep going for an hour) and Elle est partie pour nous raconter sa vie (She started telling us her life story).

'to come from': As in, Ça part du cœur (It comes from the heart) and D'où part ce bruit ? (Where is this noise coming from?).

Notice that both are irregular IR verbs with the endings -s, -s, -t, -onz, -ez and -ent. IMO, quitter is the most like English 'to leave' because like English, you can use it with people OR places (partir is only for places). Les commentateurs sont Michael Cole et Wade Barrett.

Je pars de laéroport - I am heading out from the airport. Before we go any further let’s take a quick look at conjugations of the two verbs in the present tense. Partir is just 'to leave' but it may help to think of it as 'to head out.' It requires de if you add a place: Je pars à 8h - Im heading out at 8. 'to begin on' or 'to start from': As in, Le contrat partira du 3 août (The contract will begin on August 3rd.) and C'est le deuxième en partant de la gauche (It's the second from the left). Sortir means to go out and Partir means to leave.

Can you hear the difference between the singular and the plural forms in the third. Listen carefully to the pronunciation of these verbs, noting especially the pronunciation of the consonant sound in the plural forms. partir dans + noun means 'to start' (doing something which interrupts something else): As in, Il est parti dans une digression sans fin (He went off into an endless tangent) and Ne pars pas dans une grande colère (Don't get all mad). The verbs partir, sortir, and dormir are irregular in the present tense, that is, they are not conjugated like regular -ir verbs.

partir à + infinitive means 'to start' (doing something, usually suddenly): As in, Il est parti à pleurer (He started crying, burst into tears) or Je suis parti à rire (I started laughing, burst into laughter). Dcrocher VS Raccrocher Sortir VS Partir VS Quitter VS Laisser.

Partir vs quitter