Unité 3: Avoir (Expressions et Passé Composé)
Avoir et Les Expressions:
Avoir : to have J’ai Nous avons Tu as Vous avez Il a Ils ont Elle a Elles ont On a To talk about age: Quel âge as-tu: How old are you? J’ai 5 ans.: I am five years old Impersonal Expressions: Il y a : There is/There are Il n’y a pas (de): There is not/There are not Idiomatic expressions to describe feelings & states: *Note : English translation often uses the verb 'to be' avoir faim: to be hungry avoir soif: to be thirsty avoir chaud: to be hot avoir froid: to be cold avoir peur: to be scared avoir honte (de): to be ashamed (of) avoir raison: to be right avoir tort: to be wrong avoir sommeil: to be sleepy avoir mal à la tête: to hurt (to have a headache) avoir le fou rire: To have the giggles avoir horreur de: to deteste, loathe avoir confiance en: to trust avoir de la chance: to be lucky avoir le cafard: to feel blue/low/down in the dumps avoir l’air de: to look like, to seem Idiomatic expressions to express needs, desires & intentions: avoir besoin de: to need avoir envie de: to want (to do something), to feel like (doing something) avoir l'intention de: to intend to (do something) To ask what’s wrong : Qu’est-ce que tu as? What’s wrong with you? Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? What’s the matter? |
Passé Composé: single actions completed in past.
Present tense of auxiliary + Past Participle = Passé Composé ** Note: The passé composé can be translated in 3 ways depending on context. Example: Tex a mangé toute la viande! 1.) Tex ate all the meat! 2. ) Tex has eaten all the meat! 3. )Tex did eat all the meat! For Regular –ER verbs: take off -er from infinitive and addinan -é. (Ex: Parler becomes parlé. Parlé is pronounced the same as parler) Parler: 'to talk J'ai parlé Nous avons parlé Tu as parlé Vous avez parlé Il/Elle/On a parlé Ils/Elles ont parlé For Regular –IR verbs: The past participle is formed by dropping the -r from the infinitive. (Ex: finir becomes fini) Finir: to finish J'ai fini Nous avons fini Tu as fini Vous avez fini, you (have) finished Il/Elle/On a fini Ils/Elles ont fini, they (have) finished For Regular –RE Verbs: The past participle is formed by dropping the -re of the infinitive and adding u. (Ex: perdre becomes perdu) Perdre: to lose J'ai perdu Nous avons perdu Tu as perdu Vous avez perdu Il/elle/on a perdu Ils/elles ont perdu Common Irregular Past Participles avoir (eu): to have être (été): to be faire (fait): to do ouvrir (ouvert): to open prendre (pris): to take prendre (pris): to take mettre (mis): to put suivre (suivi): to follow boire (bu): to drink croire (cru): to believe voir (vu): to see savoir (su): to know connaître (connu): to know dire (dit): to say lire (lu): to read écrire (écrit): to write pouvoir (pu): to be able to vouloir (voulu): to want devoir (dû): to have to tenir (tenu): to hold recevoir (reçu): to receive * Note: verbs that are in the same family as the ones listed below will have similar endings. Example: 1. ) Prendre (pris), Comprendre (compris), Apprendre (appris) 2. ) Mettre (mis), Promettre (promis), permettre (permis) |