Could someone please help me with my French homework? :)
I've only been learning French for a few months, and I need to write about my family, which is hard, because I don't have any sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles/cousins... :rolleyes: Could somebody please correct my mistakes and help me write a closing sentence?
This is what I have so far (I couldn't find the words in blue in the dictionary):
Ma famille
Je m'appelle Jen, j'ai 15 ans. Je suis lycéenne. Je parle anglais, allemand et francais. Ma famille est trés petite. Je n'ai pas de frére et de soeur, je suis une seule fille. Ma mére a 41 ans, elle est nurse. Elle est brune, jolie et intelligente. Mon pére a 43 ans, il est mécanicien. Il est fort et symathique. Nous avons une chienna, Lisa. Nous habitons á B. depuis 15 ans. Mon pére et ma mére n'ont pas de fréres et de soeurs. C'est pourquoi j n'ai pas d'oncle, de tante, de cousin et de cousine.
Mes grands-parents, les parents de me mére habitent á V. Ils ont un chien et trois chats. Ma grand-mére faires toujours la cuisine. Mon grand-pére a une collection de télécartes.

And many thanks if anyone helps me! :)

Did you say you have only been doing french for a few months. I have been doing it for about 4 years and did not understand any of that. i dont do it any more though.

Did you say you have only been doing french for a few months. I have been doing it for about 4 years and did not understand any of that. i dont do it any more though.
Oh, ok, 8 months. But I hardly know anything. :P French is almost as difficult as German.

You've only been in french for 8 months and they're already teaching you verbs and stuff? And writing a giant paragraph? I guess we moved a lot slower than I thought.

Well, I think it's fine. I understood all of it with the exception of a couple words. As for nurse, I'm pretty sure it's infirmière.

What do you need help with? I speak quite fluent french.... if you need any help with specific things in your homework just send me a message!

oh i see you need help to see if its corresct! Ummm hang on a sec

you wrote :

I am called Jen, I am 15 years old. I am high-school girl. I speak English, German and French. My family is very small. I do not have a brother and of sister, I am the only girl. My mother is 41 years old, it is children's nurse. She is brown, pretty and intelligent. My father is 43 years old, it is a mechanic. He is strong and symathic. We have a chienna, LISA. We have lived á B for 15 years. My father and my mother do not have a brothers and sisters. This is why J do not have an uncle, of aunt, cousin and cousin. My grandparents, the parents of me mother live á V They have a dog and three cats. My grandmother faires always kitchen. My grandfather A a collection of phone cards.

That might have helped

well maybe you can help her CORRECT her french instead of translating it ?:)

such as:

We have lived á B for 15 years.
and
This is why J do not have an uncle

to make it good looking sentences :)

Love,
Mirna

Could someone please help me with my French homework? :)
I've only been learning French for a few months, and I need to write about my family, which is hard, because I don't have any sisters/brothers/aunts/uncles/cousins... :rolleyes: Could somebody please correct my mistakes and help me write a closing sentence?
This is what I have so far (I couldn't find the words in blue in the dictionary):
Ma famille
Je m'appelle Jen, j'ai 15 ans. Je suis lycéenne. Je parle anglais, allemand et francais. Ma famille est trés petite. Je n'ai pas de frére et de soeur, je suis une seule fille. Ma mére a 41 ans, elle est nurse. Elle est brune, jolie et intelligente. Mon pére a 43 ans, il est mécanicien. Il est fort et symathique. Nous avons une chienna, Lisa. Nous habitons á B. depuis 15 ans. Mon pére et ma mére n'ont pas de fréres et de soeurs. C'est pourquoi j n'ai pas d'oncle, de tante, de cousin et de cousine.
Mes grands-parents, les parents de me mére habitent á V. Ils ont un chien et trois chats. Ma grand-mére faires toujours la cuisine. Mon grand-pére a une collection de télécartes.

And many thanks if anyone helps me! :)


So: nurse = infirmière
At the end it should be: ma grand-mère fait toujours...
the rest seems pretty good to me!

Thank you, I'll let you know how my teacher liked it. :)

She siad trés bien! :D
But I have to re-write it so that it has things like 'agressive sister', 'happy cat' etc.

i know you've already turned this in and your teacher appeared to have liked it.. but i noticed some mistakes that nobody pointed out.. and i think it might help you later. i bolded minor corrections that'll make it sound better..

Je suis une lycéenne. Je parle l'anglais, l'allemand et le francais. Ma famille est très petite. Je n'ai pas des frères ou des soeurs,

Ma mère a 41 ans

Mon père a 43 ans, il est un mécanicien.

Nous habitons à B. depuis 15 ans.

Mon pére et ma mére n'ont pas des frères ou des soeurs.

Mes grands-parents, les parents de ma mère, habitent à V.

and then one last thing:

the sentence "Ma grand-mére faires toujours la cuisine."

doesn't really make sense.. first of all, you used the infinitive form of "faire", so the sentence is basically saying "my grandmother always to make food".. and you added an S to faire which doesn't make sense because your grandmother is just one person, singular, so no S required.. and even so, you don't make the verb agree with the object unless you're using irregular verbs in passé composé or if they're reflexive verbs [which you'll learn about later]. so instead, you should've written:

"Ma grand-mère fait toujours le cuisine"


so there are basically only two things i'd do differently.. you aren't consistently putting articles before nouns. i could still understand what you were saying, but i think the writing would flow more and it'd sound better if you would say things like "my dad is a mechanic" and "my mom is a nurse" rather than "my dad is mechanic" and "my mom is nurse" ;)

oh and i know this is hard on the computer and you probably do it right when you're writing in class, but make sure you're using the right accents.. because if you don't, it can really change the meaning of your writing. but yeah, other than that, good job :)

Thank you, I'll bare those in mind. ;)


oh and i know this is hard on the computer and you probably do it right when you're writing in class, but make sure you're using the right accents.. because if you don't, it can really change the meaning of your writing. but yeah, other than that, good job :)
Yes, I have á and é on my keyboard, but don't have à and è. And I was lazy. :P

Oh, jeez. I always forget to do the l'... Sorry about not catching those. *feels totally ignorant* :blush: