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1. Can i say “I'm cleaning the house after your friend left.”2. If yes,Is there any difference in meaning"I'm cleaning the house after your friend have left/ left."?

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Fatpoisson1. Can i say “I'm cleaning the house after your friend left.”

Yes, but it would be more common to say I cleaned the house after your friend left or Your friend just left and I'm cleaning the house.

Fatpoisson2. If yes,Is there any difference in meaning"I'm cleaning the house after your friend have left/ left."?

You can't say I'm cleaning the house after your friend have left. First of all, you would need to say has left because it is a third person conjugation. Second, it's a strange mix of tenses that doesn't really make sense. Why would you want to use present continuous in the first part of the sentence and present perfect in the second part? Try reviewing what each tense means and asking yourself if that's really what you want to say.

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