The verb avoir means to have.
Here's how to say I have and you have in French:
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)
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Chris
Kwiziq community member
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.
Michael
Kwiziq community member
14 December 2018
3 replies
"Vous avez des frères et sœurs ?" means: Are you brothers and sisters? .... Can someone please explain why avoir is used and not être. ..... Thanks
Shrey
Kwiziq community member
15 December 2018
15/12/18
Hi Michael,
The sentence 'Vous avez des frères et sœurs ?' actually means " Do you have brothers and sisters ? "
The verb 'avoir' is used here which means "to have".
For the sentence 'Are you brothers and sisters?' , the French translation would be as "Êtes-vous frères et sœurs ? "
- Varsha
Michael
Kwiziq community member
17 December 2018
17/12/18
Maria Ynmaculada
Kwiziq community member
8 February 2019
8/02/19
Merci !