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Posted by Chester Morton / Thursday 9 February 2017 / No comments
The verb avior (to have)
Avoir most often
expresses ownership or possession.
Present
Tense of avoir (to
have)
SINGULAR PLURAL
1st j’ai
I have 1st nous
avons we have
2nd tu as you have (fam.)
2nd vous avez you
have (pol. s.;fam./pol. pl.)
3rd il/elle/on a he/she/it/one
3rd ils/elles ont they have
has, we
have
Let us look at some examples of avoir used
in sentences
Tu as un chat? Do you have a cat?
—Non,
mais j’ai un perroquet. —No,
but I have a parrot.
Nous
avons de bons amis. We
have good friends.
Nos
amis ont du temps Our
friends have time today.
aujourd’hui.
Ne...
pas de... with avoir
In
negative sentences with avoir and also with most other verbs, the indefinite
article un/une/des becomes de/d’ after the
negation ne... pas. The form d’ is used before vowel sounds. The
noun that follows de/d’ can be singular or plural.
Michel
a une bicyclette. Michel
has a bicycle.
Marlène
n’a pas de bicyclette Marlène
doesn’t have a bicycle,
et je n’ai pas de voiture.
and I don’t have a car.
Nous
n’avons pas de bagages. We
have no luggage.
Vous
n’avez pas d’amis? You
don’t have (any) friends?
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