Notes le 7 janvier

Expressing age in French

French uses the verb AVOIR (to have) to express age. AVOIR is an irregular verb.

AVOIR (to have)j’ai nous avonstu as vous avezil/elle/on a ils/elles ont

To ask how old someone is, use the expression

Quel âge as-tu? (How old are you?)

Respond with

J’ai ________ ans. ( I’m _______ years old.)

When you want to talk about someone else’s age, make a sentence like

Quel âge a ton père? (How old is your father?)

Mon père a cinquante-huit ans. (My father is 58 years old.)

Avoir can be used in a lot of other contexts, as well.

Avez-vous des questions?(Do you guys have any questions?)

-Non, nous n’avons pas de questions.(No, we don’t have any questions.)

Combien de frères et de soeurs as-tu?(How many brothers and sisters do you have ?)

-J’ai un frère et trois soeurs.(I have one brother and three sisters.)