Age: 'avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can use 'avoir' and numbers 1-12 to ask and answer questions about age.
I can use my knowledge of silent final consonants and liaison to say numbers and ages correctly.
Age: 'avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can use 'avoir' and numbers 1-12 to ask and answer questions about age.
I can use my knowledge of silent final consonants and liaison to say numbers and ages correctly.
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Key learning points
- Some numbers are exceptions to the SFC rule and do not have silent final consonants, e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- When numbers 2, 3, 6, 10 are followed by a noun beginning with a vowel, the -s and -x are pronounced; this is liaison.
- Avoir means 'to have, having'; it can also be translated into English as ‘to be, being’ with certain expressions.
- Avoir is also used for age, e.g. ‘j’ai quatre ans’, I am four years old.
Keywords
SFC - silent final consonant, silent letter (d, s, t, x) at the end of a word
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant when followed by a vowel, e.g. dix ans
Avoir - French verb meaning ‘avoir’ which can also be translated as 'to be' with certain set expressions (e.g. 'j'ai neuf ans' - I am nine years old)
Common misconception
You use the verb 'être' in French to say your age, as you use the verb 'to be' in English.
In French you 'are' not an age, you 'have' an age. Use the verb 'avoir': j'ai neuf ans.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
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