Je laisse mon téléphone dans mon sac pendant la réunion.

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Breakdown of Je laisse mon téléphone dans mon sac pendant la réunion.

• mon: my (before a masculine singular noun)
• pendant: during
• le téléphone: the phone

Questions & Answers about Je laisse mon téléphone dans mon sac pendant la réunion.

Why is it mon téléphone and mon sac? Why is mon repeated?

Because in French, a possessive adjective goes before each noun it belongs to.

So French says:

• mon téléphone = my phone
• mon sac = my bag

You cannot usually say one mon and let it cover both nouns. French normally repeats it:

• Je prends mon téléphone et mon sac.

This is different from English, where repetition is sometimes optional.

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Why is the verb laisse and not something like garde?

Laisser often means to leave something somewhere.

So:

• Je laisse mon téléphone dans mon sac = I leave my phone in my bag

This suggests you are putting it there or keeping it there and not taking it out.

By contrast:

• garder = to keep
• Je garde mon téléphone dans mon sac would sound more like I keep my phone in my bag

Both can sometimes work depending on context, but laisser is very natural when talking about leaving an object in a place.

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Why is it Je laisse and not Je laisser or Je laissé?