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’)
m.s f.s plural
My mon ma mes
Your (friendly) ton ta tes
(singular)
His son sa ses
Her son sa ses
Our notre notre nos
Your(formal) votre votre vos
(plural)
Their leur leur leurs
**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 nouveau(nouvelle)- new
G-bon(bonne)- good mauvais(e)- bad
S-petit(e)- small grand(e)- big 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 vieille vieilles