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Possession
To express possession we use the verb avoir (to have) + a noun.
| J’ai une maison → I have a house | Vous avez une belle maison → You have a nice house |
| J’ai une voiture → I have a car | Vous avez une belle voiture → You have a nice car |
| J’ai un chien → I have a dog | Vous avez un beau chien → You have a nice dog |
Do not say je ai but j’ai.
Pay attention to pronounce it vous avez like vou’z’avez.
You say the letter –s like the lettter –z.
| J’ai un appartement → I have an apartment | Vous avez une maison → you have a house |
| J’ai deux chiens → I have two dogs | Vous avez trois chats → you have three cats |
| J’ai un travail fatigant → I have a tiring job | Vous avez un travail intéressant → you have an interesting job |
| J’ai des amis français → I have French friends | Vous avez des amis anglais → you have English friends |
Where do we put the adjective?
The adjective comes after the noun.
J’ai une voiture verte → I have a green car
J’ai une voiture française → I have a French car
J’ai une voiture économique → I have an economical car
There are exceptions: the adjectives
Beau / joli → beautiful
Bon → good
Petit → little
Grand → big, tall
Gros → big
Vieux → old
They come before the noun.
J’ai une jolie voiture → I have a beautiful car
J’ai une petite voiture → I have a small car
J’ai une bonne voiture → I have good car
Exercise to practice
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Instruction: Give personal information from the template.
J’ai une voiture anglaise → I have an English car: ………………………………………..
J’ai une télévision japonaise → I have a japanese television: ………………………..
J’ai un appareil photo allemand → I have a german camera: ………………………..
J’ai une montre suisse → I have a swiss watch: …………………………………………..
J’ai des chaussures italiennes → I have italian shoes: ………………………………….
Instruction: build sentences with the verb avoir and the missing articles
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maison (house) / appartement (apartment): J’ai une maison, vous avez un appartement
garçon (boy) / fille (girl): …………………………………………………………………………..
soeur (sister) / frère (brother): …………………………………………………………………..
chien (dog) / chat (cat): …………………………………………………………………………….
Instruction: build the dialogues from the template
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1 – une carte d’identité (ID card) / 2 – un passeport (passport)/ 3 – une carte de crédit (a credit card) / 4 – des enfants (chidren)/ 5 – des amis français (French friends)
1 – Vous avez une carte d’identité ? (Do you have an ID card?) – Oui, j’ai une carte d’identité.
2 – ………………………………………………………………………….. – ………………………………………..
3 – …………………………………………………………………………… – ………………………………………..
4 –……………………………………………………………………………. – ………………………………………..
5 –……………………………………………………………………………. – ………………………………………..
Instruction: Continue the text according to the model
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Voiture (car) (grosse (big)) – Vous avez une grosse voiture (you have a big car)
Appartement (apartment) (grand (big)) – …………………………………………………
Femme (women) (jolie (beatiful)) – …………………………………………………………..
Salaire (salary) (gros (big)) – …………………………………………………………………..
Meubles (furniture) (anciens (old)) – ……………………………………………………….
Amis (friends) (sympathiques (nice)) – …………………………………………………….
Physical caracteristics
Elle a les yeux noirs → She has black eyes
Ses yeux sont noirs → Her eyes are black
Elle a les cheveux blonds → Sha has blond hair
Ses cheveux sont blonds → Here hair is blond
Elle a le visage rond → She has a round face
Son visage est rond → Here face is round
The age
To say the age we use avoir (to have) + the number of the years (months, days,…).
To say petit or vieux we use the verb être (to be) + adjective.
Il a trois mois, il est petit → He is three months old, he is small.
Il a cent ans, il est vieux → He is a hundred years old, he is old.
Exercise to practice
Instruction: describe according to the template
| Inès 15 ans Cheveux blonds Yeux noirs Visage allongé |
Manon 20 ans Cheveux bruns Yeux verts Visage rond |
Théo 30 ans Cheveux roux Yeux bleus Visage carré |
| Inès a 15 ans Elle a les cheveux blonds Elle a les yeux noirs Inès is 15 years old She has blond hair She has black eyes |
……………………………………. ……………………………………. ……………………………………. Manon is 20 years old She has brown hair She has green eyes She has a round face |
……………………………………. ……………………………………. ……………………………………. Théo is 30 years old She has red hair She has blue eyes She has a square face |
Instruction: Complete with il est ou il a. Then, describe Bruno’s friend
Bruno est très jeune: il a quinze ans → Bruno is very young : he is 15 years old.
………..beau et …………très intelligent → He is beautiful and he is very intelligent.
…………..les yeux noirs et les cheveux blonds → He has black eyes and blond hair.
…………….beaucoup d’amis, parce qu’…………..très gentil → He has a lot of friends, because he is very nice.
………………seulement un gros défaut: ……………très paresseux → He nly have a defect: he is very lazy.
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