Learn French: C'est ton dictionnaire, je te le laisse. - It is your dictionary, I am leaving it to you.

C'est ton dictionnaire, je te le laisse.

It is your dictionary, I am leaving it to you.

Breakdown of C'est ton dictionnaire, je te le laisse.

ton

your (ton, ta, tes)

him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)

c'est

it is, that is

Questions & Answers about C'est ton dictionnaire, je te le laisse.

Why is the order te le instead of le te?

When you use two object pronouns before a verb in a statement, 1st and 2nd person pronouns (me, te, nous, vous) always come before the 3rd person direct pronouns (le, la, les). So here, the indirect object "to you" (te) is placed before the direct object "it" (le).

What does le stand for in this sentence?

le means "it" and refers back to ton dictionnaire. Because dictionnaire is a masculine noun in French, we must use the masculine pronoun le. If it were a feminine noun like ta clé (your key), you would say je te la laisse.

Does laisse mean "leave" in the sense of leaving a room?

No, the verb laisser means "to leave" an object behind, or to let someone have something. If you want to say "I am leaving" as in departing from a place, you would use a different verb like partir.

Why do we use C'est instead of Il est to say "It is"?