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fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 3:18 PM

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The France-Poland Association is looking for someone who would like to provide paid summer care for a French family during their stay in Poland. Write a letter to the director of this association explaining why you are the right person for this role and presenting your ideas for organizing this family's stay in Poland.

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Chèr directeur,
Je vous écris car j'ai vu que vous recherchez une personne qui va prendre soin d'une famille française en Pologne. Cette opportunité me rendrait très heureuse parce que j'ai voyagé beaucoup en Pologne et je crois que je connais presque tous endroits qui plairait aux touristes.
La norriture en Pologne a gagné en notoriété depuis longtemps, et des restaurant sont souvent remplies de touristes qui rendre ces endroits plus en plus occupés. J'emmènerais cette famille aux restaurants qui sont pas chèrs, pas si remplit de gens, et encore traditionels. Autour de ces restaurants, on peut trouver les magasins avec des souvenirs variées, qui changent selon l'endroit. Donc ils peuvent revenir chez eux avec des souvenirs. Il y a beaucoup de parcs et monuments qu'on peut retrouver partout, donc il y aurait pas du temps pour l'ennui avec ces promenades. C'est parfait pour des adultes et pour des enfants qui s'ennuissent facilement.
En tout cas, je promis que je m'occuperais de cette famille, en écoutant de ses besoins s'ils y'en auraient. J'ai préparé une liste d'activités pour n'importe quel temps et jour. J'ai fait ce type de choses déjâ à l'avenir, et personne n'était déçu, donc j'éspère que je vais acceuillir cette famille chez moi.

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 3:25 PM

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first paragraph:

"cher" doesn't take an accent in the masculine
"qui va prendre soin". While not grammatically incorrect, using near future implies this action is already set in stone, and a requirement for the search instead of the consequence.
"j'ai voyagé beaucoup" adverbs directly follow the conjugated verb, not the past participle
"tous endroits" is lacking an article
"plairait" uses the incorrect conjugation

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second paragraph:

typo in "nourriture"
"a gagné en notoriété depuis longtemps". Passé composé cannot be used for ongoing and long-lasting actions, only for one-time events with a before and a after
"des restaurants" implies "some restaurants" but not restaurants in general
"sont souvent remplies" uses the wrong agreement
"de touristes qui rendre" you need to conjugate the verb "rendre"
you missed the "de" in "de plus en plus"
"chers" once again without accent
"pas si remplit", here "remplir" is should be a past participle
typo in "traditionnels"
"on peut trouver les magasins" using "les" here would mean you're talking about specific shops your listener knows about
"des souvenirs variées" wrong agreement
"ils peuvent revenir chez eux" while understandable, it should be referring to the singular feminine noun "famille" used above instead
"qu'on peut retrouver partout" would mean they're the same everywhere, so you don't miss out on one because you'd find the exact same elsewhere
"il y aurait pas du temps", negative sentences should skip the article
"s'ennuissent" wrong conjugation

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third paragraph:

"je promis" incorrect conjugation
"écouter" doesn't use "de" and is directly followed by the object
"il y a" is impersonal, you can't change the subject, meaning it's always conjugated using "il" as well. you also can't use conditional with "si"
typo in "déjà", also it should go directly after the conjugated verb
"à l'avenir" doesn't make sense here, it means in the future, not in the past
"j'espère" with no acute accent
typo in "accueillir"

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 3:44 PM

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thank you so much!
would it be okay for someone to correct it how it should be?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 3:46 PM

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the server's philosophy is to guide people so they can correct themselves and learn that way
giving the answer immediately would go against that, that's why I highlighted the reason of the mistake and not the corrected form each time

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 3:49 PM

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im not sure how to correct most of them still):

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 3:52 PM

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given you wrote this essay, which is honestly quite good and shows understanding of the language, it'd be surprised if most are a major issue
feel free to pin down individual points of confusion you'd like more light brought upon

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 3:56 PM

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"plairait" uses the incorrect conjugation
"a gagné en notoriété depuis longtemps". Passé composé cannot be used for ongoing and long-lasting actions, only for one-time events with a before and a after
"sont souvent remplies" uses the wrong agreement
"des souvenirs variées" wrong agreement
"qu'on peut retrouver partout" would mean they're the same everywhere, so you don't miss out on one because you'd find the exact same elsewhere
"pas si remplit", here "remplir" is should be a past participle

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 3:57 PM

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what's the subject for "plaire"?

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in your sentence

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what/who is doing the action of pleasing?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 3:59 PM

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oh right its endroits

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so plairaient?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:00 PM

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exactly

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now about the "wrong agreement" thing
"variées" is qualifying "souvenirs", so it should use the same gender and number as that noun

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:01 PM

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i thought souvenirs is feminine?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:02 PM

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it's masculine

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:02 PM

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oh okayy

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so without the extra e

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:02 PM

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same thing for "remplies"
what is being qualified?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:02 PM

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fleet matrix so without the extra e

yep variés

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:03 PM

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remplies instead of remplit?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:03 PM

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oh not the same line

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"et des restaurant sont souvent remplies de touristes"

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:03 PM

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remplis?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:03 PM

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why that?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:03 PM

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the extra e would be for feminine i guess

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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and what is being qualified here?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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but wouldnt that be rempliées

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or is it bc there isnt no e in the original form

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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swift perch and what is being qualified here?

restaurants?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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yup (btw just noticed you missed a -s in restaurants in your essay)

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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oh lol

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:04 PM

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and restaurant is masculine

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so remplis (remplies would be feminine plural)

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:05 PM

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okay that makes sense!

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:06 PM

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"Il y a beaucoup de parcs et monuments qu'on peut retrouver partout"
in order for me to explain that one, can you describe the sentence you wanted to convey in English?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:06 PM

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there are a lot of parks and monuments that can be found anywhere

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:07 PM

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in that case it's fine
I just found it a bit weird
usually parks and monuments are kinda unique, so you wouldn't find them elsewhere really

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:08 PM

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well i didnt mean to say that theyre all the exact same

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but that there are a lot of parks and monuments in poland

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:08 PM

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no grammatical error here

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it's just that "retrouver" means you can find them "again", so they're basically the same

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:09 PM

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ooh right

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so would trouver make more sense

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:10 PM

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yeah but "on peut trouver" would be redundant with "il y a", they kinda mean the same

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using only one would make more sense
"il y a beaucoup de parcs et monuments"
"on peut trouver beaucoup de parcs et monuments"

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:11 PM

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but would they mark that sentence as wrong or smth?

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i barely have 200 words that are needed lmao

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:12 PM

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unsure, depends on your teacher

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regarding "qui sont pas chers, pas si remplit de gens"
you can't conjugate "remplir" like that. Here it's basically acting as an adjective "not full"

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what would be the adjective here?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:15 PM

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remplis?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:15 PM

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exactly

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:17 PM

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"il y a" is impersonal, you can't change the subject, meaning it's always conjugated using "il" as well. you also can't use conditional with "si"

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also this

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:17 PM

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do you know what impersonal means?

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:17 PM

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yeah

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s'il y'en a ?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:18 PM

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"il" isn't referring to anything. "il" is there just because you need a subject, just like "it's raining" in English
meaning you can't change it to "ils" or anything else

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:18 PM

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yeah ill remember that now thank you!

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:18 PM

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so yeah "s'il y en a" is correct

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:18 PM

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oh wow

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i tried to be fancy before by changing it lol

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:19 PM

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and the thing about the tense is "si clauses"

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you tried to use conditional after "si", except that tense goes after "then"

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you can simply use present for an ongoing condition

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:20 PM

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ah yeah

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:20 PM

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now, have you learned about imparfait? (changing topic)

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:21 PM

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yeah imparfait was with the -ais ... endings?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:21 PM

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do you know when it's used vs passé composé

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:21 PM

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je trouvais

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:21 PM

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like when to use one vs the other

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:21 PM

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passe compose i think is one quick action in the past and imparfait when it had a longer duration in the past

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:22 PM

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yeah basically

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:22 PM

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yay

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:22 PM

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passé composé is basically "before. thing happens. after" no inbetween

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"La nourriture en Pologne a gagné en notoriété depuis longtemps"
here you used passé composé, which doesn't fit

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:22 PM

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truee

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i shouldve read it more carefully

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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except, imparfait doesn't exactly fit either

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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oh

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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imparfait only works if the action actually ended

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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so present tense?

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:23 PM

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so, if you want to convey the gain in notoriety stopped, you can use imparfait

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but for something that started in the past and is still going, you can just use present tense

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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so, gagne en ...

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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yup

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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does the depuis still fit there tho

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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it does

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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ooh okay

swift perch Nov 4, 2025, 4:24 PM

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you wouldn't use present tense in English, but it does work in French (English uses "have been..." instead)

fleet matrix Nov 4, 2025, 4:26 PM

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oh truee, thank you!! it makes sense now

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