laisser at A2 — the past tenses
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A finished act, or a lasting impression.
Leaving in the past
J’ai laissé is the everyday past for forgetting or depositing something: « j’ai laissé un mot » — I left a note. It is one of those verbs you will need on the day you lose something.
Note the useful figurative sense: laisser une impression, laisser un souvenir. « Ça m’a laissé un mauvais souvenir » — that left me with a bad memory. Same verb, no object physically left anywhere.
💡 Focus at this level: Past — what you left
👨🏫 How to use « laisser » at this level
1. « J’ai laissé » for things forgotten or deposited.
2. Figurative works too. Impressions and memories get “left”.
3. « Laisse-moi tranquille » — leave me alone. Learn it whole.
J’ai laissé un mot.I left a note.
Ça m’a laissé un mauvais souvenir.That left me with a bad memory.
Tu as laissé la porte ouverte.You left the door open.
Laisse-moi tranquille.Leave me alone.
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