Lesson 2 - Grammar 4 - Verb avoir (to have)
Examples: |
---|
Avez-vous des nouvelles? |
Nous avons une jolie
chambre au premier étage. |
The second most frequently occurring verb in French is avoir (to have). Its forms in the present are:
1. Subject Pronoun (SP) + Verb (V)
French / Français | English / Anglais |
---|---|
j'ai | I have |
tu as / vous avez | you have (singular) |
il a (elle,on) | he has (she, one) |
nous avons | we have |
vous avez | you have (plural) |
ils ont (elles) | they have |
2. Verb + SP (in questions)
French / Français | English / Anglais |
---|---|
ai-je ...? | have I ...? |
as-tu ...? / avez-vous ...? | have you ...? (singular) |
a-t-il ...? (elle,on) | has he ...? (she,one) |
avons-nous ...? | have we ...? |
avez-vous ...? | have you ...? (plural) |
ont-ils ...?(elles) | have they ...? |
3. SP + ne + V + pas
French / Français | English / Anglais |
---|---|
je n'ai pas ... | I don't have ... |
tu n'as pas ... / vous n'avez pas ... | you don' t have ... (singular) |
il n'a pas ... (elle, on) | he doesn't have ... (she, one) |
nous n'avons pas ... | we don't have ... |
vous n'avez pas ... | you don't have ... (plural) |
ils n'ont pas ... (elles) | they don't have ... |
4. ne + V + SP + pas?
French / Français | English / Anglais |
---|---|
n'ai-je pas ...? | don't I have ...? |
n'as-tu pas ... / n'avez-vous pas ...? | don' t you have ...? (singular) |
n'a-t-il pas ...? (elle, on) | doesn't he have ...? (she, one) |
n'avons-nous pas ...? | don't we have ...? |
n'avez-vous pas ...? | don't you have ...? (singular) |
n'ont-ils pas ...? (elles) | don't they have ...? |