The verb avoir means to have.
Here's how to say I have and you have in French:
Note that the verb form changes depending on who is acting.
Remember that in French, to say you, you will use either:
- tu to address one person you know well, i.e. "informal" and "singular"
- vous to address one person in a professional context, or that you don't know well, i.e. "formal" and "singular"
See Tu and vous are used for three types of you
Here's a link to the full conjugation of avoir in Présent indicatif:
Conjugate avoir in Le Présent (present tense)
Tom
Kwiziq community member
2 October 2018
1 reply
So to differentiate between "avoir" and "suis" avoir should be used in the possesive context and suis should be used in the 'personal' context?
Chris
Kwiziq community member
2 October 2018
2/10/18
I don't understand your question, Tom. Avoir means "to have". It is used in many different contexts in French, in particular as auxiliary verb in forming other tenses. In this respect it is similar to English.
By "suis" do you mean the verb être ("to be")? It is similarly used to form tenses and is also an irregular verb whose conjugation is important to know well.