How can an always intransive cerb and an always transitive verb be used interchandeably? E.g. Partir/quitter à midi.

Glen B.C1Kwiziq community member

How can an always intransive cerb and an always transitive verb be used interchandeably? E.g. Partir/quitter à midi.

If ‘Partir’ is always intransitive and ‘Quitter’ is always transitive, how come both ‘partir/quitter à midi’ work here? Thanks to anyone who can clear up my confusion on this. Glen

This question relates to:French writing exercise "A favour between colleagues"

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Glen,

I can only find 'partir à midi' accepted here.

You might have heard 'quitter' used in this way but ' le travail/le bureau' is implied normally.

Hoping this answers your question.

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I suggest you check out this lesson: Expressing "to leave" with partir/laisser/quitter/sortir in French

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Glen B. asked:

How can an always intransive cerb and an always transitive verb be used interchandeably? E.g. Partir/quitter à midi.

If ‘Partir’ is always intransitive and ‘Quitter’ is always transitive, how come both ‘partir/quitter à midi’ work here? Thanks to anyone who can clear up my confusion on this. Glen

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