Avoir and Negation French I Unité 1

Avoir – to have When you form sentences in English or French, you change the verb to go with the subject. This is called conjugating. Example: I have a cat. He has a cat. These are both forms of the verb “to have.” “To have” is called the infinitive of the verb. In English the infinitive is two words. In French it is one. “to have” in French is “avoir”

Avoir – to have In English, we don’t say “I to have a cat.” or “He to have a cat.” Instead, we change, or conjugate, the verb so that it goes with the subject of our sentence. We must also conjugate French verbs. Instead of saying J’avoir (I to have), we say J’ai ( I have). Do you remember how to say these? I have = You have = He / She has = J’ai Tu as Il a / Elle a

Avoir – to have J’Nous TuVous Il / ElleIls / Elles ai as a avons avez ont * Remember that sometimes there will be names instead of subject pronouns. To figure out which conjugation to use, think of how you could replace the name (s). Example: Henry ____ a pencil. = He has a pencil. Henri ___ un crayon. = Il a un crayon. has a

Negatives To make a sentence negative in English, we add “not.” In French, we add ne AND pas around the verb. Before a vowel, ne changes to n’ Remember to change the article to de or d’ after pas. Example: You have some books. You do not have any books. Tu as des livres. Tu n’as pas de livres.