French for English speakers - Mistakes and Feedback

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Dear @MemriseSupport ,

in Course 5, Chapter “Sports:Fans” the word for “tournament” is introduced as “le tournois”. I believe, however, that this is the plural of the word or an adjective. Correctly, it should be “le tournoi”.

Best wishes,
Dumani

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Hi @Dumani,

Happy New Year! :partying_face: Thank you for spotting this, I appreciate! I now have corrected the item, you can log out and in again of your profile in order to see the change.

Warm wishes,
Fanny

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Dear @fanny_sta ,

happy to help! :smiley:

Thank you, I wish you a wonderful new year as well!

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Hello, in the rubric SCHOOL SUBJECTS, the first word is sujet…
But sujet isn’t used for school subjects. The correct word for “a school subject” is " une matière"

Merci de changer cette donnée!

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Continuing the discussion from French for English speakers - Error:

Hi!

There is a typo in a part of the French for English Speakers / Holiday Survival Kit / Christmas Dinner portion.

“pompette” is translated as “tispy” about half the time, which is initially confusing. It is correctly spelled “tipsy” the other half the time. Just a small error I wanted to bring to your attention.

Can’t tell you how much I love this site! Thank you!

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Hi @fanny_sta , just to draw your attention to the two comments above. Thank you!

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Thank you @leniruk2, I agree with you! The word has been removed from the Level until we make a new entry for “une matière”. Thanks for flagging :pray:

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Hi @Seytom well spotted! The translation has now been corrected, thanks for your help :innocent:

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@fanny_sta I have three small suggestions for French 1:

je travaille comme danseuse - I work as a dancer ((I would add “female” to the prompt))

nous voulons … - we want… (formal) ((this can be used in informal contexts as well, delete “formal”?))

nous avons … - we have… (formal) ((this can be used in informal contexts as well - delete “formal”?))

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@fanny_sta I have some suggestions for French 2:

est-ce que je peux emprunter un adaptateur ? - can I borrow an adaptor? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “je peux emprunter un adaptateur ?” - in some questions, “est-ce que” is used, in some it isn’t.

je peux avoir un oreiller supplémentaire ? - can I have an extra pillow? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “est-ce que je peux avoir un oreiller supplémentaire ?”))

est-ce que je peux laisser mes bagages à la réception ? can I leave my luggage at the reception? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “je peux laisser mes bagages à la réception ?”))

à quoi avez-vous touché ? - what did you touch? ((add “plural; formal” to the prompt))

je peux avoir une autre chambre ? - can I have another room? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “est-ce que je peux avoir une autre chambre ?”))

je peux avoir le petit-déjeuner au lit ? - can I have breakfast in bed? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “est-ce que je peux avoir le petit-déjeuner au lit ?”))

je peux payer par carte de crédit ? - can I pay by credit card? ((in the French alternative answers, could you please add “est-ce que je peux payer par carte de crédit ?”))

tu peux payer en liquide - you can pay cash ((the context seems formal, it would therefore help to add “informal” to the prompt))

passez à la caisse - proceed to checkout ((add “plural; formal” to the prompt))

je ne retrouvais plus mon chemin - I couldn’t find my way back ((would a translation like “I didn’t find my way back” be more suitable? I’m always inclined to to answer “je ne pouvais pas retrouver mon chemin”))