French Phrase
Écris ton adresse complète en haut à gauche.
Meaning
The sentence tells someone to write their full mailing address in the upper‑left corner of a document. It is a direct, informal instruction often seen on forms, letters, or school worksheets.
When to use
Use this phrase when you are helping someone fill out a paper form, a school assignment, or a business letter that requires the sender’s address to be placed at the top left. It is appropriate in informal contexts (friends, classmates) or when you have already established a familiar tone.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Écristonadressecomplèteenhautàgauche
Écris (imperative)
Écris is the second‑person singular imperative of écrire. The final -s is kept because the verb is followed by a direct object pronoun (here the noun phrase).
ton (possessive adjective)
ton is the masculine singular possessive adjective meaning ‘your’. It agrees with the noun that follows (adresse, which is feminine, but French uses ton for both genders in informal speech).
adresse complète (noun phrase)
adresse is a feminine noun; complète is an adjective that must agree in gender and number, hence the feminine singular form complète.
en haut à gauche (prepositional phrase)
en haut = ‘at the top’, à gauche = ‘to the left’. Together they indicate a precise location on a page or form.
🗨In Conversation
Écris ton adresse complète en haut à gauche, s’il te plaît.
Please write your full address at the top left.
D’accord, je le fais tout de suite.
Okay, I’ll do it right away.
✕Common Mistakes
Écrire ton adresse complète en haut à gauche.
The infinitive ‘écrire’ cannot be used as a command; you need the imperative form ‘Écris’.
Écris votre adresse complète en haut à droite.
‘à droite’ means ‘to the right’; the phrase calls for ‘à gauche’ (to the left).
Écris ton adresse complet en haut à gauche.
The adjective must agree with the feminine noun ‘adresse’, so it should be ‘complète’.
↔Alternatives
Note ton adresse complète en haut à gauche.
Note your full address at the top left.
Inscris ton adresse complète en haut à gauche.
Enter your full address at the top left.
Veuillez indiquer votre adresse complète en haut à gauche.
Please indicate your full address at the top left.
Cultural Tip
In French, the informal ‘ton’ is fine with friends or peers, but on official documents or when speaking to someone you don’t know well, use the formal ‘votre adresse complète’. Also, French letters traditionally place the sender’s address at the top left, while the recipient’s address goes on the right side of the page.