I am Brazilian.Tell me where you are from, please.Please, do NOT use electronic translators, such as Google translator.In English we can use both verbs: put and leave as synonyms.In German, how to say?1. Please, leave your purse on the chair! (→ Can I use lassen or only legen or stellen?)2. Leave the oranges in the refrigerator! (→ Can I use lassen or only legen?)3. Leave the documents in the drawer! (→ Can I use lassen or only legen or stecken?)4. Leave your belongings on the sofa! (→ Can I use lassen or only legen or stellen?)5. Leave your things on the floor! (→ Can I use lassen or only legen or stellen?)
1. Bitte lassen Sie Ihr Portmonnaie auf dem Stuhl. If you say legen, then it means: lay, and stellen means put. 2. Lassen die Orangen in dem Kuehlschrank. Legen would mean: put into the fridge 3. Lassen Sie die Dokumente in der Schublade. Legen and stecken mean lay into and stick into resp. 4. Lassen Sie Ihre Sachen auf dem Sofa. Legen means lay down, stellen means put down or place. 5. Lassen deine Sachen auf dem Fussboden. Again, legen would mean put your things on the floor, and stellen means put down or place your things on the floor. I have been living in germany for almost 40 years. I also studied german at school and university.
You can NOT use lassen for stellen, legen, setzen in German. Even in English to leave is not normally synonymous with to put, as has been pointed out. Lassen translates as leave as in leave behind, or is used as a modal verb meaning let (somebody do something); the others are verbs translatable into English by put.
n English we can use both verbs: put and leave as synonyms. In German, how to say? Please, leave your purse on the chair
My German isn't flawless, but my English is pretty damn good, and I want to point out that certainly for 2 and 3 and possibly for the others as well, leave would not mean put, it would mean don't remove.
