F1 (AVOIR)

• 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

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,

• to conjugate avoir, you must memorize the forms.
  

  J’ai	Nous avons
  Tu as	Vous avez
  Il/Elle a	Ils/Elles ont

  ADD THIS TABLE TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF YOUR NEW VOCAB SHEET FROM YESTERDAY !!!! (there are extra copies in the absent folder if you need one)

• J'ai deux chiens.

• Il a les yeux bleus.

These do not exactly translate to English, therefore must be memorized.

• Avoir peur: J'ai peur (I am afraid)

• Avoir chaud: Tu as chaud (You are warm/hot ***specific to temperature***)

• Avoir froid: Il a froid (He is cold)

• Avoir besoin de: Nous avons besoin d'étudier (We need to study)

• Avoir __ ans: J'ai 15 ans ? (I am 15 years old)

• Avoir faim: Elle a faim (She is hungry)

• Avoir soif: Nous avons soif (We are thirsty)

• 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 (NE...PAS hugs the verb !!!).

• Example: Elles ont les cheveux noirs (They have black hair)

• Example: Elles n'ont pas les cheveux noirs (They don't have black hair)

• ne becomes n' before a vowel or silent h.