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clever dagger
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Immediately the first thing that comes to mind is: where are your accents? Add them in! Anyway, I'll add the checks per text box.

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Immediately the first thing that comes to mind is: where are your accents? Add them in! Anyway, I'll add the checks per text box.
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« Je me lève … et avait mon lit (1). Je me brosse mes dents (2) et avait un (1a) douche (1) »
(1) Okay, so the first clause there starts in the present and the overall poster is in the present… so why are these two in the past?
(1a) Check the gender for « douche ».
(2) For body parts, you do reflexive + definite article so you got half of it right. For example, in English we say, 'I brush my teeth' but in French that's « je me brosse les dents ». A literal translation would be, 'I brush myself the teeth'.
« J'ai un œuf, un morceau de pain, et verre (3) de jus. »
(3) Notice how before you repeat the indefinite article, un œuf and un morceau? That's good practice and you should do the same to « verre ».
« Je vais à l'école avec mon voisine gentille (4) dans son voiture (4). »
(4) Okay, so « voisine » and « voiture » are both feminine nouns – you seem to get that with « gentille » which is the feminine version of « gentil ». Therefore, the possessive there should be feminine as well. French possessives agree with the gender of the noun, not the possessor. Compare these two sentences in English and French:
'Edward wants his own car.'
'Bella wants her own car.'
In English, the possessive his/her agrees with the possessor of the noun 'car'.
« Edward veut sa propre voiture. »
« Bella veut sa propre voiture. »
In French, the possessive sa/son agrees with the gender and number of the noun « voiture ».

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« J'arrive à l'école à huit heures et démi (5) et (6) ma classe (7) commence. »
(5) « démi » here is an adjective and should agree with « heure », the logic here being that it's [hour] + démi + heure.
(6) « et » ? 'I arrive to school at 08.30 and my class starts?' It doesn't make sense.
(7) Bit of a false friend here, « la classe » refers to the physical classroom and students inside.
« Le jour fini (8) à quinze heures. Je rendre (9) maison (10) à quinze heures dix. »
(8) Check your conjugation for « finir », it's not right for present tense.
(9) « rendre » means 'to make/give back' and it's not appropriate; it's also not conjugated. I'm guessing you meant 'to return to somewhere'. Bookmark this site, by the way, it's extremely helpful.
(10) The previous verb, the one you're looking for, requires a preposition since it's an intransitive verb.

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« Je prends mon douche froid (11) et soins de la peau (12). Je commence mon devoirs (13) à seize heures et démi (5). »
(11) Check the gender for « douche » and then check your adjective and possessive agreements.
(12) Where is the indefinite article? Nouns generally come with articles in French.
(13) « devoirs » is plural so the possessive should be as well.
« Puis je prends dîner (14) avec mon famille (15). Nous mangeons poule, légumes, et soupe. »
(14) Where is the article?
(15) « famille » is not a masculine noun nor does it start with a vowel, so « mon » is inappropriate.
(16) Again, where are the articles? Refer back to (3).

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« Je lave des plats après manger (17). Je joue sur mon portable après laver (18) la vaisselle jusqu'à vingt-et-un heures (19) et démi (5). Puis je brosse mon dents (2) et sois (20) prêt pour aller au lit. »
(17) Here, you wash the plates after you've finished eating, so the verb should reflect that. Read up on the past infinitive.
(18) Same as number (17).
(19) For numbers that have « un » at the end, it has to agree with the gender of the noun. Ex: « quarante-et-une voitures / quarante-et-un oreillers (une agrees with voiture, un with oreiller) »
(20) Check your conjugation for « être », it's not appropriate for the present (indicative) tense.

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clever dagger
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haughty canopyBOT
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bertie bear | déteste denim#0

afrench Le système de snippet a changé ! Tu peux utiliser ce snippet en tapant ;types-accents

anglophonie The snippet system has changed! You can use this snippet by typing ;keyboard

.s keyboard
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afrancophonie Il existe plusieurs méthodes pour taper les accents. Le plus facile est d'installer une disposition de clavier mieux adaptée à les taper.

anglophonie There are several ways to type accents. The easiest way to do this is to install keyboard layout that facilitates typing them.

Popular keyboard layouts // Dispositions populaires :

To install and change keyboard layouts // Comment installer et changer de disposition :

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