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Beginner French Lesson > Lesson 1 > Essential verbs - avoir

Essential verbs - avoir

Overview:
Time to look at one of the most important verbs to learn in French! This is one of the most commonly used verbs so try and remember it!

Objective:
To recognise and conjugate To have in French.
Ask yourself have you? or have you not?

AVOIR - To Have

We are going to explain the verb TO HAVE: AVOIR ( présent de l'indicatif ).
Put simply the Indicative relates to the mood of the verb and present to the tense.

By present tense we are referring to something that is occurring now.

Whereas earlier we came accross the REGULAR -ER ending verbs. AVOIR is the first verbs we come accross that is IRREGULAR, in that it doesn't match a set pattern.

AVOIR
English French
I have    j'ai
you have    tu as
he / she has    il / elle a
we have    nous avons
you have    vous avez
they have    ils / elles ont
présent de l'indicatif

POINTS OF INTEREST:
You will need this verb a lot in French so it is important to remember it.
Notice that the PRONOUN Je becomes J' because it is before a vowel.

Below is a couple of example sentences using AVOIR

English French
He has the monkey !    Il a le singe !
We have the cheese !    Nous avons le fromage !
They have the books !    Ils ont les livres !

There are some phrases that use the verb 'TO BE' in English that in French actually use 'TO HAVE' instead.

Look at the table below.
On the left is what you would say in English, The middle has the French equivelent and on the right is the Direct Translation.

English French Direct Translation
I am twenty years old    J'ai vingt ans    I have twenty years

I am thirsty !    J'ai soif !    I have thirst !

I am hungry !    J'ai faim !    I have hunger !

I am cold !    J'ai froid !    I have cold !

I am hot !    J'ai chaud !    I have hot !

I am frightened!    J'ai peur!    I have fear !

TRY TO REMEMBER:
These are some of the common occurences of this, but there are others, just something to remember, but you will get used to it.

This should make some sense!

Ellen a un lapin qui adore le chocolat

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