What is the past tense of leave in French?

French for leave is the regular ER verb laisser, laid out here in the most practically formatted verb table.

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So, if you want to know how to say leave in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb laisser - French for leave

Here you’ll learn the conjugations of laisser, which is French for leave.

• I leave.
• you leaved.
• he will leave.
• we would leave.
• they may leave.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for laisser, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of laisser the French for leave
présent de l’indicatif

je laisse
- I leave
tu laisses
- you leave - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on laisse
- he, she, it, one leaves
nous laissons
- we leave
vous laissez
- you leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles laissent
- they leave

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
imparfait de l’indicatif

je laissais
- I leaved
- I was leaving
tu laissais
- you leaved- (familiar or informal)
- you were leaving
il, elle, on laissait
- he, she, it, one leaved
- he, she, it, one was leaving
nous laissions
- we leaved
- we were leaving
vous laissiez
- you leaved- (formal or plural)
- you were leaving
ils, elles laissaient
- they leaved
- they were leaving

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
passé simple

je laissai
- I leaved
tu laissas
- you leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on laissa
- he, she, it, one leaved
nous laissâmes
- we leaved
vous laissâtes
- you leaved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles laissèrent
they leaved
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
futur

je laisserai
- I will leave
tu laisseras
- you will leave (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on laissera
- he, she, it, one will leave
nous laisserons
- we will leave
vous laisserez
- you will leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles laisseront
- they will leave

Conditional Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
conditionnel

je laisserais
- I would leave
tu laisserais
- you would leave (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on laisserait
- he, she, it, one would leave
nous laisserions
- we would leave
vous laisseriez
- you would leave (formal or plural)
ils, elles laisseraient
- they would leave

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
présent de subjonctif

que je laisse
- that I may leave
que tu laisses
- that you may leave(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on laisse
- that he, she, it, one may leave
que nous laissions
- that we may leave
que vous laissiez
- that you may leave(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles laissent
- that they may leave

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb laisser - the verb ‘to leave’ in French

Past Participle of laisser is:
laissé -leaved.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

• I have leaved
• you had leaved
• he will have leaved
• we would have leaved

Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of laisser - French for leave
passé composé

Here’s the French for leave conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai laissé
- I have leaved or I did leave or
- I leaved
tu as laissé
- you have leaved or you did leave - (familiar or informal) or
- you leaved
il, elle, on a laissé
- he, she, it, one has leave or did leave
- he, she, it leaved
nous avons laissé
- we have leaved or we did leave
- we leaved
vous avez laissé
- you have leaved or you did leave (formal or plural) or
- or we leaved
ils, elles ont laissé
- they have leaved or they did leave
- they leaved

Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of laisser - leave in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -leave conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais laissé
- I had leaved
tu avais laissé
- you had leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait laissé
- he, she, it, one had leaved
nous avions laissé
- we had leaved
vous aviez laissé
- you had leaved (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient laissé
- they had leaved

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
futur antérieur

j’aurai laissé
- I will have
tu auras laissé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura laissé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons laissé
- we will have
vous aurez laissé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront laissé
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
conditionnel passé

j’aurais laissé
- I would have leaved
tu aurais laissé
- you would have leaved- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait laissé
- he, she, it, one would have leaved
nous aurions laissé
- we would have leaved
vous auriez laissé
- you would have leaved- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient laissé
- they would have leaved

Imperative Tense conjugations of laisser, the French for leave
impératif

laisse
- leave!
laissons
- let’s leave!
laissez
- leave!

Present Participle of laisser

laissant - leaving

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