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avoir in French
How to use the verb avoir

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avoir that you already know
Quel age as-tu? How old are you?
J'ai quinze ans. I am 15
Quel age avez-vous? How old are all of you?
Nous avons 16 ans. We are 16
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avoir is used to express things you have
I have stuff. I have fears. I have warmth and chilliness. The idea that the verb "to have" is used to express fears, hunger, thirst,
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avoir is an irregular verb
to conjugate avoir, you must memorize the forms.
j'ai
tu as
il/elle/on a
nous avons
vous avez
ils/elles ont
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I have a car.
J'ai une auto.
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Examples of idiomatic usage
J'ai peur (I am afraid)
Tu as chaud (you are warm)
Il a froid (he is cold)
Nous avons besoin d'étudier (We need to study)
Vous avez quel age? (You are what age?)
Ils ont des bon-bons (they have some candy)
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Multiple Choice
What form of avoir is correct
J'ai
Tu es
Il ant
Ils ent
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Multiple Choice
Avoir is an irregular verb
vrai (true)
faux (false
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of avoir to finish the sentence: Il ____ une bicyclette rouge
ai
as
a
ons
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct form of avoir to finish the sentence: Les filles ___ les bonnes notes. (The girls have good grades.)
ai
ons
ont
avez
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Negation with verbs
There are two words that cause the meaning to change from positive *yes* to negative *not*. ne... pas = not
The words ne...pas are placed before and after the conjugated verb (usually the first verb in a sentence).
Example: Les garçons ont les bonnes notes.
Example: Les garçons n'ont pas les bonnes notes.
ne becomes n' before a vowel or silent h.
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the articles un, une and des become de after negation
Je n'ai pas de chocolat.
Je n'ai pas de frères.
Tu n'as pas de pizza?
Nous n'avons pas d'argent (money)
Vous n'avez pas de temps (time)
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Idiomatic expressions with avoir
je n'ai pas peur des arachnides. (I am not afraid of spiders)
Tu n'as pas froid? (You are not cold?)
On n'a pas de faim. (We are not hungry)
Nous n'avons pas de soif. (We are not thirsty)
Ils n'ont pas besoin de marcher sur l'autoroute. (They do not need to walk on the highway.)
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Fill in the Blank
Fill in the blank with the correct form of avoir. Nous ______ beaucoup de devoirs.
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Fill in the Blank
Write in the correct form of avoir to make the sentence correct. Vous ______ de la chance ('luck').
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Fill in the Blank
Fill in the blank with the correct form of avoir: nous ______ besoin d'étudier ce soir.
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly written negative sentence.
Elle n'a pas de frères.
Elle ne pas de frères
Elle pas n'a frères
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly written sentence.
Les amis ont ne pas d'argent (money)
Les amis n'ont pas d'argent
Les amis ne pas ont d'argent
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Multiple Choice
The words ne... pas are used before and after the verb to make a sentence negative.
Vrai (true)
Faux (false)
avoir in French
How to use the verb avoir

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