Le dernier train est déjà parti.

to be

Breakdown of Le dernier train est déjà parti.

• déjà: already
• partir: to leave
• le train: the train

Questions & Answers about Le dernier train est déjà parti.

What tense is est déjà parti?

It is the passé composé, a very common French past tense.

Here it is built like this:

• est = the auxiliary verb
• parti = the past participle of partir

So est parti is the passé composé of partir for il / elle / on or any singular noun that takes être.

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Why is it est parti and not a parti?

Because partir is one of the verbs that form the passé composé with être, not avoir.

So:

• il est parti = he left / he has left
• not il a parti

This happens with several verbs of movement or change of state, such as aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, tomber, naître, mourir.

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Why is it parti and not partie?