KS3 · French · Year 7
What someone has: avoir 1st and 3rd persons singular
Belongings: singular 'avoir', nouns and indefinite articles
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Your learning goal
I can say what I have and someone else has using 'avoir'.
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I can say what I have and someone else has using 'avoir'.
Key learning points
- [au/eau] sounds like 'gauche'.
- Avoir means 'to have, having', j'ai means 'I have', il a means 'he has' and elle a means 'she has'.
- The pronoun je becomes j' before a vowel.
- To say what someone has we can use part of the verb 'avoir' followed by un/une and a noun.
Words to know
- [au]
- pronounced as in 'gauche'
- avoir
- to have, having
- indefinite article
- the words 'un' and 'une' meaning 'a/an'
Common mistakes
'Avoir' only means 'to have' in English.
'Avoir' can be translated both as 'to have' or 'having'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- It is a good idea to emphasise the difference in pronunciation between 'un' and 'une' by (over)exaggerating facial movements, as these two indefinite articles come up constantly.