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Dracan

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Hey all,

I have a French oral I need to study for, and I need to remember 13 points. Can anyone help? Thanks.
Here are the points:
  1. Mon nom est Jordan Moltzan.
  2. J’ai quinze ans
  3. Je ai un frère et pas de soeurs.
  4. Je dois un chien et un oiseau.
  5. Mes parents sont tous deux enseignants.
  6. Je l’ai vécu partout dans le monde.
  7. Je suis du Canada.
  8. Je suis bon à vélo de saleté.
  9. Je suis un joueur de video passionné.
  10. Mon jeu préféré est Skyrim.
  11. Je aime aussi beaucoup Black Ops Deux.
  12. Mon anniversaire est novembre deuxième 1999.
  13. Moi aussi ski de eau en été.
 

Cordelia

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I'll have to call in Mr. Forz for this one, as he is a native of France, but should it not be "Je m'appelle", not "mon nom est"?
 

Mr Forz

I'm helping. Mostly.
1. Mon nom est Jordan Moltzan.
- This sentence is valid, the other, common alternative is "Je m'appelle Jordan Moltzan.", the latter one will perhaps be prefered during school.

2. J'ai quinze ans.
-Nothing to say here, it's valid.

3. Je ai un frère et pas de soeurs.
-You'll need to keep in mind that whenever "Je" meets a verb that starts by a vowel, it will take the form of " J' ", just like the phrase above.
-I don't really know the question, but if it asks you if you have any bothers or sisters without asking you to specify for both of them, you can answer that you only a brother: "J'ai un frère.", if you feel the need to specify that you ONLY have a brother, it will be "Je n'ai qu'un frère" (using the negation + que before the object), if in your quiz you're asked about having brothers and then sisters, then "J'ai un frère et pas de soeurs." is valid as well.

4. Je dois un chien et un oiseau.
-So I'm assuming that by this you mean that you own pets. "Dois", from the verb "Devoir", simply means "must", and "have to", the verb you're looking for is "posséder", which means "to own", "to possess". Therefore with a simple replacement it will be "Je possède un chien et un oiseau." (Beware of this verb because it has many annoying accents due to how that "e" turns out.

5. Mes parents sont tous deux enseignants.
-It's valid. Although it's much more common and perhaps recommended to say "tous les deux", because "tous deux" is a form that finds its place in books and literature.

6. Je l'ai vécu partout dans le monde.
-By that I suppose that you mean that you've lived everywhere in the world. The " l' " will most of the time refer to a complement mentioned in a previous sentence or question such as: "As tu fait ton travail?", which you answer with "Oui, je l'ai fait.". In here it's not necessary, especially since we're just talking about you, ending up with "J'ai vécu partout dans le monde."

7. Je suis du Canada.
Ah. This one. When I did learn English I was surprised to see that many uses from the "be" verb. When asked where you are from, you need to make use of the "venir" verb, which means "to come", as if you were saying "I come from Canada.", it's the common way to answer this sort of question, therefore: "Je viens du Canada."

8. Je suis bon en vélo de saleté.
Okay, it took a while for me to find out what you meant with this because "saleté" comes from "sale" which means "dirty". The term you're probably looking for is Vélo Tout-Terrain, or VTT, for the Off-road Bicycle. Using the abbreviated term is correct but I suggest that you use the long term for additionnal points, hehe. Therefore that will be: "Je suis bon en vélo tout-terrain."

9. Je suis un joueur de video passioné.
-A video game is simply "jeu video", and that will always stay this way, resulting in "Je suis un joueur de jeux video passionné". (Yes, most of nouns ending with U, will take a X instead of a S when turned into plural.)

10. Mon jeu préféré est Skyrim.
-Nothing to say here, it's valid. Might need to tell the full name of the game though, but it will be acceptable if it's said in english (Plus Bordeciel instead of Skyrim looks ugly as hell).

11. Je aime aussi beaucoup Black Ops Deux.
-The same thing as before in the 3rd answer, Je will become J' at the contact of a verb starting by a vowel, becoming "J'aime aussi beaucoup Black Ops 2".

12. Mon anniversaire est novembre deuxième 1999.
-Okay so, the french way to scheme a date is this way: Day of the Week, Number in the month, Name of the month, and then the year, like this: "Vendredi 22 Mai 2015.", if you're not specifying the day of the week, you're simply making do without it and start with the number in the month. When telling the month's number, in contrary to english, only the first day of a month needs to be said as "First", the second and third as well as their variants when reaching 10's and such will simply be said as Two, and Three, and Four, respectively Deux, Trois et Quatre, there's no need to worry about this once you're past the first day, however, if you're inserting a date during your sentence, you'll need to put "le" before the date.

Also, if you're asked for your birthday, the year will not be necessary, so depending of your question, if you're asked about your birthday (anniversaire): "Mon anniversaire est le deux Novembre", if you're asked about your birth date (date de naissance): "Je suis né le deux Novembre 1999" (Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt dix-neuf).

13. Moi aussi ski de eau en été.
I'm afraid I can't help you on that one because this sentence misses a verb. >.> The term you're looking for instead of "Ski de eau" is "Ski nautique". I'd tell that you like to practice this during the summer but I might be wrong. >.>
 

Mr Forz

I'm helping. Mostly.
You're welcome. Although you might need to extrapolate on the 13th answer because I really have no idea on how to deal with this. >.>
 

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