I'm hungry: 'avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' when used to mean 'to be, being'.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [r].
I'm hungry: 'avoir' meaning 'be'
Learning outcomes
I can understand 'avoir' when used to mean 'to be, being'.
I can recognise and pronounce the key sound [r].
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Key learning points
- French [r] is a raspy sound pronounced in the back of the throat; there is no sound like this in English.
- 'Avoir' means to have, having; it can also be used to mean 'to be, being', e.g. 'j'ai raison', I am right.
- 'Avoir' is also used for age, e.g. 'j'ai quatre ans', I am four years old.
Keywords
[r] - sound-symbol-correspondence (SSC) pronounced as in 'rue'
Avoir - French verb meaning 'avoir' which can also be translated as 'to be' with certain expressions, e.g. 'avoir faim' - to be hungry
Common misconception
The French [r] makes the exact same sound as the English 'r'.
The SSC [r] is pronounced very differently in French, compared to English. E.g. 'horrible'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a dog
a bag
a ball
a cuddly toy
a motorbike
a present
a cake
a bottle
a teacher (f)
a bike
I have
you have
he has
she has
Exit quiz
6 Questions
hunger (hungry)
thirst (thirsty)
reason (right)
fault (wrong)
years