How can an always intransive cerb and an always transitive verb be used interchandeably? E.g. Partir/quitter à midi.
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Glen B.Kwiziq 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"
Asked 1 year ago
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.
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
I suggest you check out this lesson: Expressing "to leave" with partir/laisser/quitter/sortir in French
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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