THE VERB AVOIR EXPRESSING AGE IN FRENCH

HOW TO USE AVOIR The verb AVOIR means “to ____________” When written as A-V-O-I-R, the verb is in its ____________ form. This means that the verb has not yet been ____________ with a subject. When a verb in its infinitive form is translated into English, it has the word “_____” in front of it. have infinitive conjugated to

SUBJECT PRONOUNS The verb avoir can be conjugated with nouns, or with subject pronouns. A ____________is a word which takes the place of another noun. The ball  ____________ Susie  ____________ A ____________ ____________is a pronoun which replaces the ____________of a sentence. pronoun it she subject pronoun subject

SUBJECT PRONOUNS In English, subject pronouns are classified by ____________ and ____________. SINGULARPLURAL 1 ST PERSON 2 ND PERSON 3 RD PERSON number person I you he, she, one we you they

SUBJECT PRONOUNS In French, subject pronouns are classified in the same way: SINGULIERPLURIEL 1ER PERSONNE 2EME PERSONNE 3EME PERSONNE

AVOIR AND SUBJECT PRONOUNS The verb AVOIR is conjugated according to the 6 different subject pronouns SINGULIERPLURIEL 1ER PERSONNE 2EME PERSONNE 3EME PERSONNE je tu il elle nous vous on elles ils  j’ ai as ont a a avons avez a ont

HOW TO USE AVOIR AVOIR is useful in talking about what objects someone HAS. J’ai un crayon ____________________________________. Tu as un stylo. ____________________________________. Elles ont des livres. ____________________________________________. I have a pencil You(s) have a pencil They(f) have some books

AVOIR AND AGE AVOIR is also used to express someone’s AGE. In English, we express age using the verb to ____________. I AM _ years old. But in French, we say someone _______ a certain number of years. Elle a douze ans. She is / has twelve years. be (être) has

PHRASES TO EXPRESS AGE There are several useful phrases to express age with AVOIR _________________________ ? How old are you? __________________. I am __ years old. Quel âge as-tu J’ai __ ans

________________________________ ? How old is your father? _____________________________. He is fifty years old. Ton père a quel âge Il a cinquante ans

____________________________________ ? How old is your mother? ______________________________________. She is forty-eight years old. Ta mère a quel âge Elle a quarante-huit ans

SPECIAL NOTE… Even though “ years old ” is used in English, the French only say “years” ANS So, Il a vingt ans = "years" = he is twenty years old

PRATIQUE Maintenant, à toi! Grab a book off the shelf and complete the following DEVOIRS! P. 47, ex. 3 Ask FIVE of your classmates how old they are. Record your question and their answers. P. 47 ex. 4 Give the AGES ONLY for each person, according to the candles on their cake. You do not have to record your question. P. 47, ex. 5 Give the ages for each of the personal acquaintance named. You do not have to record your question.