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Il part et il emporte sa veste.

Il part et il emporte sa veste.
He is leaving and he is taking his jacket.
From Lesson 65:Irregular -ir verbs (sortir, partir, dormir)·French

Questions & Answers about Il part et il emporte sa veste.

How do we conjugate the irregular verb partir to get 'il part'?
For singular pronouns, partir drops its last three letters (-tir) to give us the base par-. Then, for il, elle, or on, we add a -t to the end. This gives us il part.
Why is it sa veste (feminine) if the subject 'he' (il) is a man?
In French, possessive words match the gender of the object being owned, not the owner. Since the word for jacket (veste) is feminine, you must use the feminine word for 'his', which is sa.
The translation says 'is leaving' and 'is taking'. Why isn't there a word for 'is' in the French sentence?
French does not use a separate 'is doing' form. The simple present tense covers both English meanings. So, il part means both 'he leaves' and 'he is leaving', and il emporte means both 'he takes' and 'he is taking'.
Why use emporte for 'is taking' instead of the more common verb prendre?
While prendre means 'to take' in a general sense, emporter specifically means 'to take something with you' when you leave a place. Since he is leaving (il part), emporte is the most natural verb to use here for taking his jacket along.

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