Tu as une sœur

Alex M.A1KwizIQ community member

The second singular person of the verb "To have", in French, ends with "s", and I thought that if after a word ending in s, or even x(?), there is a word starting with a vocal, or y, then to pronunce correctly you have to do the "liaison". Then why in this case we don't do that? may be because it's a verb?

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate avoir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"

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CélineKwizIQ Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Alex,

In a sentence such as "Tu as un chien", the -s usually is silent. Take a look at the links from KwizIQ and from a partner's site below for more information:

when to make a liason between words spoken

Optional Liaisons

Required Liaisons

Forbidden Liaisons

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

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Alex M. asked:

Tu as une sœur

The second singular person of the verb "To have", in French, ends with "s", and I thought that if after a word ending in s, or even x(?), there is a word starting with a vocal, or y, then to pronunce correctly you have to do the "liaison". Then why in this case we don't do that? may be because it's a verb?

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