Breakdown of Je corrige cette faute d'orthographe dans mon cahier.
Questions & Answers about Je corrige cette faute d'orthographe dans mon cahier.
In French, verbs change their endings depending on the subject.
For corriger (to correct), the present tense starts like this:
- je corrige – I correct
- tu corriges – you correct (singular, informal)
- il/elle/on corrige – he/she/one corrects
So with je, the correct ending is -e, not -es.
The -es ending goes with tu (tu corriges), not je.
Ce / cet / cette / ces all mean this / that / these / those.
They change depending on the gender and number of the noun.
- ce – masculine singular before a consonant (ce cahier, ce livre)
- cet – masculine singular before a vowel or mute h (cet exercice, cet homme)
- cette – feminine singular (cette faute, cette maison)
- ces – plural for both genders (ces fautes, ces cahiers)
The word faute (mistake) is feminine, so you must use cette faute.
Ce faute would be incorrect.