Le verbe `AVOIR` – to have (review)

La Grammaire de l’unité 3
1- Le verbe ‘AVOIR’ – to have (review)
We also use ‘avoir’ in many expressions- see pages 60/61 in textbook
J’ai
Nous avons
Tu as
Vous avez
Il/elle/on a
Ils/ elles ont
2- les adjectifs possessifs- possessive adjectives
(are always followed by a noun) We choose the correct form of the
appropriate possessive adjective based on the gender and number of the noun
it describes.
Ma soeur- my sister (sister is singular and feminine, so we use ‘ma’)
Mes soeurs- my sisters (sisters is plural and feminine, so, we changed the form)
Mon frère- my brother (brother is singular and masculine, so we use ‘mon’)
My
m.s
f.s
plural
mon
ma
mes
ta
tes
Your (friendly) ton
(singular)
His
son
sa
ses
Her
son
sa
ses
Our
notre
notre
nos
Your(formal)
votre
votre
vos
leur
leur
leurs
(plural)
Their
**fem./sing/ words starting with a vowel, use the masc./sing. Form
i.e.- mon école
ton amie
son étudiante
3- BAGS adjectives
Most adjectives in French follow the noun they describe. There are a few
exceptions which we call ‘BAGS’ adjectives : Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size. These
adjectives come BEFORE the noun they describe.
The actual adjectives are:
B- joli(e) -pretty
beau(belle)- beautiful, good-looking
A-jeune- young
vieux(vieille)- old
G-bon(bonne)- good
mauvais(e)- bad
S-petit(e)- small
grand(e)- big
nouveau(nouvelle)- new
gros(se)- overweight long(ue)-long
Une jolie fille
Les grands livres
Une jeune home
Les bonnes étudiantes
Of these adjectives, a few have weird forms. Instead of following the general
rule: add ‘e’ to make feminine and ‘s’ to make plural, they do this:
m.s.
m.s.v. (masc./sing/vowel
m.pl.
f.s.
f.pl.
beau
bel (homme)
beaux
belle
belles
nouveau
nouvel (ordinateur)
nouveaux nouvelle
nouvelles
vieux
vieil (animal)
vieux
vieilles
vieille