Quiz error?

Question

In a quiz my answer to "You [formal] are cold" was "Vous êtes froid" but it was marked wrong with the correct answer supposed to be Vous avez froid.   Contradictions the lesson entirely !

nicole robinson · Accepted Answer

The correct answer is Vous avez froid. Your using the irregular verb avoir.
J'ai
Tu as
Il/Elle a 
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils/ Elles not
Avoir chaud / froid = To be hot / cold
 
Here is a link https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-avoir-jai-tu-as-vous-avez-in-le-present-present-tense

nicole robinson · Answer

Also see this link as well.https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/avoir-lesson/

Roman Hargrave · Answer

I would add that it is indeed the case in french that one "has" cold, or heat, or thirst, etc... I don't purport to be an expert, but I think to say in french that, quite literally, one _is_ cold would be to say that one is literally _the cold_ and not that they are afflicted with coldness.