Ask what someone has: 'avoir' 2nd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can ask what you have and say what I have using ‘avoir’.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [u].
Ask what someone has: 'avoir' 2nd person singular
Learning outcomes
I can ask what you have and say what I have using ‘avoir’.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [u].
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'Avoir' means 'to have, having', 'j'ai' means 'I have', 'tu as' means 'you have'.
- To ask a question, you can raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a sentence.
- Use 'c'est' plus an adjective or 'c'est' plus 'un/une' and a noun to say what something is.
- [u] sounds like 'tu' and [eu] sounds like 'deux'.
Keywords
Indefinite article - the words ‘un’ and ‘une’, meaning ‘a/an'
Avoir - to have, having
Intonation - the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
[u] - pronounced as in 'tu'
Common misconception
To ask 'do you have ...?' questions we need to know 'do you ...?' in French.
There is no phrase for 'do you ...?'. We use intonation to ask 'do you have ...?' questions.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a bedroom
a horse
a dog
a thing
I am
you are
he is
I have
he has
she has
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to have, having
I have, I am having
you have, you are having
he has, he is having
she has, she is having
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