Posted by Chester Morton / Thursday, 9 February 2017 / No comments
Expressions with avoir
The verb avoir
occurs in numerous idiomatic expressions. Many ideas conveyed with
expressions using avoir relate to feelings or sensations. They often
have English equivalents that use the verb to be.
avoir.....
ans
(to be . . . years old) avoir sommeil (to be sleepy)
avoir
chaud
(to be warm, hot) avoir peur (de) (to be afraid [of])
avoir
froid
(to be cold) avoir besoin de (to need [to])
avoir
faim
(to be hungry) avoir envie de (to feel like)
avoir
soif
(to be thirsty)
study these sentences
carefully
J’ai
vingt ans. I am twenty years old.
J’ai
faim et j’ai mal à la tête. I am hungry, and I have a
headache.
Nous
avons de la chance! We are lucky!
Les
jeux Olympiques ont lieu ici. The Olympic games are taking place here.
Elle
a tort; je n’ai pas sommeil. She is wrong; I am not
sleepy.
Nous
n’avons pas envie de danser. We don’t feel like dancing.
Avoir...
ans: Asking Someone’s Age
Learn Quel
âge avez-vous? or Quel âge as-tu? (How old are you?) as a
fixed
expression. You will learn more about question forms in Chapter 3.
Quel
âge avez-vous? How old are you?
—J’ai
vingt-neuf ans. —I’m twenty-nine.
Key Vocabulary
Your home or
apartment and its furnishings make up your most familiar surroundings.
La
maison (The House)- Noms (Nouns)
Make sure to
learn the gender (masculine or feminine) of each of these nouns.
la bibliothèque (library, study) le bois (wood)
le cahier (notebook)
le canapé (sofa)
la chaise (chair) la chambre (bedroom)
la cheminée (fi
replace; chimney) la clé (key)
le crayon (pencil) la cuisine (kitchen)
la cuisinière (stove)
le fauteuil (armchair, easy
chair)
la fenêtre (window)
le four (oven)
le foyer (entryway,
hearth) le frigo (refrigerator)
la glace (mirror) le jardin (garden, yard)
la lampe (lamp, light) le lit (bed)
la maison (house) le mur (wall)
l’ordinateur (m.) (computer) le piano (piano)
le placard (cupboard;
closet) le plafond (ceiling)
le plancher (floor) la porte (door)
le réveil (alarm clock) les rideaux (m.) (curtains)
la salle à manger (dining room) la salle de bains (bathroom)
le salon (living room) le stylo (pen)
le
tapis
(rug, carpet) la terrasse (patio, terrace)
la
vidéo
(le DVD) (video [DVD])
