Des Fautes faites par les Français

Voici une petite liste de fautes faites par des débutants ... à titre de mise en garde. C'est en analysant ses propres erreurs que l'on apprend à se corriger. Et bien là, vous allez gagner du temps puisque vous n'aurez même pas besoin de faire des fautes, les autres en ont fait à votre place. Observez les et essayez de ne pas les imiter !

That's the way French speakers try and improve English language. Would you understand them ?

1) DROLE d'ORTHOGRAPHE ! - They wrote...	... meaning :
The atmosfear was horrible !	atmosphere
The British Prime Minister lives at number 10 Drowning street.	Downing street
These shoes are two big, give me smaller ones.	too big
She bought a new sweet-shirt.	sweat-shirt
He has a cat witch is black.	which
I've seen this film tree times.	three
In Spring, the threes are covered with flowers.	trees
It is his birdday today, he is ten.	his birthday
She will come on Wensday.	on Wednesday
They had never visited London beefore.	before

2) MOT à MOT OBSCUR - They wrote...	... meaning :
Grandma is visiting the zoo with her small-children.	grand children
Mr Barton is eating out with his woman.	his wife
The woman gave a good-good to her son.	a sweet
He took a bath and he took his breakfast very early.	He had a bath and he had breakfast
I have fifteen years.	I am fifteen years old
Where did he live Sherlock Holmes ?	Where did Sherlock Holmes live ?
With who did you go ?	Who did you go with ?
He left there are two hours.	two hours ago
They played during four hours.	for four hours
It's the bike of my sister.	my sister's bike
She will go and buy a book at the library.	bookshop
He played tennis for 2 o'clock.	for 2 hours
He was late, he came at 3 hours.	at 3 o'clock
He always wears baskets.	basket-ball shoes
She likes playing foot.	football
Let me hold your bras.	your arm

3) CONFUSION ORTHOGRAPHIQUE - They wrote...	... meaning :
You can ride this book, it's super.	read
I'd like to have a pint of bear.	beer
She won't come, I sink !	think
I need a packet of flower to make a cake.	flour
He has to stay in bed because he is hill.	ill
Give him a drink because he is thirty.	thirsty
These shoes are two big, give me smaller ones.	too big
We'll have some soap for supper.	soup
She needs a piece of soup to wash her hands.	soap
The children are washing the television.	watching
His car is very dirty, he is watching it.	washing
Lucy is going too bed.	to
She leaves in a detached-house by the river.	lives
She was very tired so she was slipping on the sofa.	sleeping
She spent a knight in a hotel in London.	a night
That book is £1.50 and this one is only 60 pens.	pence
She was hungry because you broke her bike.	angry
She was very angry so we gave her something to eat.	hungry
What where they doing ?	What were they doing ?
He is a friend of mind.	a friend of mine
His working in his room.	He's
Charle we go to the cinema ?	Shall we ...

4) Ah, la GRAMMAIRE ! - They wrote...	... meaning :
I know she will late, she always is.	she will be late
They must go at home.	go home
They are going to at home.	going home
They are going to home.	going home
They have got a big house and a garden very large.	a very large garden
There were many peoples in the stadium.	people
She has lost her watch, so she will buy an another.	another
You don't like football but me I like it.	but I like it
She had her baby eaten.	she made her baby eat
She will phone when she will arrive.	when she arrives
I have fifteen years.	I am fifteen years old
He didn't see nothing.	didn't see anything
With who did you go ?	Who did you go with ?
Where did he live Sherlock Holmes ?	Where did Sherlock Holmes live ?
He bought not a new car.	He didn't buy a new car
It is my bike's sister.	my sister's bike
He left there are two hours.	two hours ago
They played during four hours.	for four hours
They will can come.	will be able to come / will be allowed to come
There was not something in the box.	not anything / nothing
Where is the car's key ?	the car key
What where they doing ?	what were they doing ?
They are two cats on the roof.	There are
The childs are playing.	the children
The childrens went to school by bus.	the children
He has been raining all day.	It has been raining
She is in at home.	she is at home
They are listening the music.	listening to music
He is a friend of my.	a friend of mine
They doed the shopping yesterday.	did
They willn't come.	won't
They cann't speak English.	can't
They musn't go out late.	mustn't
His working in his room.	He's
He is playing with he's friends.	with his friends
Who's book is it ?	Whose book
Their visiting London.	They're

5) POÊTES - They wrote...	... meaning :
The woman gave a good-good to her son.	a sweet
My bike is "grand-mother", yours is "mother".	"old" and "new"
My bike is olding !	getting old
She spent a knight in a hotel in London.	a night
In Spring, the threes are covered with flowers.	trees
It is my bike's sister.	my sister's bike
It is his birdday today, he is ten.	his birthday
He is a friend of mind.	a friend of mine
They doed the shopping yesterday.	did
Let me hold your bras.	your arm.
They had never visited London beefore.	before

Toutes ces fautes ont réellement été lues ou entendues - rien n'a été "inventé" pour faire le malin ou faire sourire !
Mais passons à un problème plus subtil : la valeur "culturelle" des mots.

Des fautes d'orthographe	Du mot à mot obscur
Confusion entre deux mots	Des fautes de grammaire
Des invention poétiques !

Sur la LANGUE anglaise (11).

Des Fautes faites par les Français