Grammatical class

Verb

avoir

(transitive verb) to have (a condition)

Details

Syllables

a-voir

Phonetics

a.vwaʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

306

Freq. (movies)

182

Freq. (news)

73

Variants

Sentences

J’ai faim.

I'm hungry. (literally, “I have hunger.”)

A1

J’ai soif.

I'm thirsty. (literally, “I have thirst.”)

A1

Elle a 19 ans.

She is 19 years old. (literally, “She has 19 years.”)

A1

J’ai parlé.

I have spoken, I spoke.

A1

Qu’est-ce que vous m’avez fait ?

What have you done to me?

A1

J’ai à vous parler.

I have to talk to you.

A1

J’aimerais avoir 20 dollars.

I would like to have 20 dollars.

A1

avoir des relations sexuelles

To have sexual relations

A1

Tu t’es fait avoir.

You've been had.

A1

Je me suis toujours demandé ce que ça ferait d'avoir des frères et sœurs.

I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings.

B1

Merci de m'avoir expliqué finalement pourquoi on me prend pour une imbécile.

Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.

A1

J'ai toujours pensé qu'avoir une crise cardiaque est la manière qu'a la nature de te dire que tu dois mourir.

I always thought that having a heart attack was the way nature told you to die.

A1