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Chapitre 4

Chapitre 4. AVOIR – to have. J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il a Ils ont Elle a Elles ont. Uses of avoir. Avoir is used to mean ‘have’ and ‘has’ Avoir is used to express how old you are. The French say ‘I have 5 years’ not ‘I am 5 years old’. J’ai 5 ans.

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Chapitre 4

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  1. Chapitre 4

  2. AVOIR – to have • J’ai Nous avons • Tu as Vous avez • Il a Ils ont • Elle a Elles ont

  3. Uses of avoir • Avoir is used to mean ‘have’ and ‘has’ • Avoir is used to express how old you are. • The French say ‘I have 5 years’ not ‘I am 5 years old’. J’ai 5 ans. • Avoir is used to express hunger and thirst. • The French say ‘I have hunger’ and ‘I have thirst’ not ‘I am thirsty’.

  4. Possessive Adjectives • Ma, mon, mes my Notre, nos our • Ta, ton, tes your Votre, vos your • Sa, son, ses his/her Leur, leurs their

  5. Rules for Usage • Possessive adjectives are like other French adjectives- they agree in number and gender with the noun they modify. • My book mon livre • My books mes livres • My chair ma chaise • My chairs mes chaises • However: when the singular noun begins with a vowel, the masculine form is used. Mon ami mon amie mes amis mes amies

  6. Irregular adjectives • The adjectives old, new and pretty all are placed before the noun they modify. They are highly irregular in their forms. m. f. m. m. f. before a vowel pl. pl. vieux vieille vieil vieux vieilles nouveau nouvelle nouvel nouveaux nouvelles beau belle bel beaux belles

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