How are you today? 'Avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' with nouns to mean how people are feeling.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [j] and soft [g].
How are you today? 'Avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' with nouns to mean how people are feeling.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sounds [j] and soft [g].
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Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondences [j] and soft [g] sound the same, as in 'aujourd'hui', today, and 'courageux', brave.
- 'Ça va' can be both a question: 'Is it going ok?' or 'how’s it going'? and an answer: 'it's going ok' or 'I'm ok'.
- Avoir means 'to have'. It can be translated as 'to be, being' with certain expressions e.g. 'j'ai chaud', I am hot.
Keywords
[j/soft g] - sound-symbol-correspondence (SSC) pronounced as in 'jour'
Avoir - French verb meaning 'to have, having' which can also be translated as 'to be, being' with certain set expressions, e.g. 'avoir froid' - to be cold
Common misconception
Expressions such as 'I am cold' must use the verb 'être' (to be) when translated into French, as in English. The verb 'avoir' can only be translated as 'to have'.
Set expressions that use 'to be' in English, such as 'I am cold', use the verb 'avoir' in French: J'ai froid. 'Avoir' means 'to have' but it can also be translated as 'to be' with set expressions.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to be
I am
you are
he is
she is
to have
I have
you have
he has
she has
Exit quiz
6 Questions
cold
heat
fear
pain