How do you say when you didn't do something you should do?
Would you use present perfect to express it?
example 'I have left the door opened'

Mother: Did you close the door?
Son : I have left the door opened. I thought Jenny was there.
Sorry.

I have left the door opened, so the door is not closed.

In the Philippines, we have expression such as 'Naiwan kong bukas ang pinto'.
It means that I left the door open unintentionally.
We have expressions that starts with 'Na-' and it means two things: the action is in the past & unintentional.

Could I use present perfect to express it?

We have already equivalent expression of past tense.
'Sinara ko ang pinto' means 'I closed the door.' All verb with '_in_' such as kinuha, sinulat, sinira, etc are all past tense.

Thanks.

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How do you say when you didn't do something you should do?
Would you use present perfect to express it?
example 'I have left the door opened'

Mother: Did you close the door?
Son     : I have left the door opened. I thought Jenny was there.
              Sorry.

I have left the door opened, so the door is not closed.

In the Philippines, we have expression such as 'Naiwan kong bukas ang pinto'.
It means that I left the door open unintentionally.
We have expressions that starts with 'Na-' and it means two things: the action is in the past & unintentional.

Could I use present perfect to express it?

We have already equivalent expression of past tense.
'Sinara ko ang pinto' means 'I closed the door.' All verb with '_in_' such as kinuha, sinulat, sinira, etc are all past tense.

Thanks.

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I've learned that the attitude of the speaker, when he/she uses present perfect, is not relevant

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'Na+rootword' means sincere, apologetic, trying to be humble, & unintentional

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The above sentence should read: I didn't realize that I had left the door open.

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Yes, you could use the present perfect to express it.

This is an example of an event that happened in the indefinite past. You can use EITHER  the present perfect or the simple past. The present perfect emphasizes that a past event actually happened and/or that the event is important in the present moment. 



I have, haven't I?....... short for "I have left the door open, haven't I?"
or 
I did, didn't I.......short for "I did leave the door open, didn't I?" This is the emphatic "do" in the past tense. 

The above two expressions are equivalent to "I didn't realize that I had left the door or."  There is no guilt here because it was not done intentionally.

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I get it. It's seems like our "Na+root word" have the opposite meaning in present perfect.

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