No. 10,445 in French
laissaient
"Used to let" or "were letting."
In a sentence
Ils laissaient la porte ouverte chaque soir.
They left the door open every evening.
Here, 'laissaient' is used in the imparfait tense to describe a habitual action in the past.
Les enfants laissaient leurs jouets éparpillés dans le salon.
The children left their toys scattered in the living room.
In this usage, 'laissaient' again conveys an action repeatedly performed in the past.
Les voyageurs laissaient derrière eux une trace de leur passage.
The travelers left behind traces of their passing.
'Laissaient' is employed to depict an ongoing action in the past indicative of the subject's behavior or effect.
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