What people have: 'avoir' 1st and 2nd persons plural | French

Starter quiz

Which of the following cities are in France?

Paris ✓

Nice ✓

Londres

Edimbourg

Lyon ✓
Match the French and the English.

bien

⇔

well ✓

un magasin

⇔

a shop ✓

un numéro

⇔

a number ✓

une réponse

⇔

an answer ✓

une visite

⇔

a visit ✓

une promenade

⇔

a walk ✓
Match the French and the English.

la classe

⇔

class ✓

la fenêtre

⇔

window ✓

la porte

⇔

door ✓

la salle

⇔

room ✓

le tableau

⇔

tableau ✓

le voyage

⇔

journey ✓
How do you say 'we are' in French?

'nous sommes' ✓
How do you say 'you are' when talking to a group of people in French?

'vous êtes' ✓
Which of the following are part of the verb 'avoir'?

je suis

tu as ✓

il regarde

elle a ✓

nous fermons

Exit quiz

Which words have the [(e)au] sound?

beau ✓

deux

mauvais ✓

restaurant ✓

crapeau ✓
Fill in the gap with the correct indefinite article, 'un', 'une' or 'des'. Il y a ______ ordinateurs.

'des' ✓
Avoir: match the pronoun with the verb.

J'

⇔

ai ✓

Tu

⇔

as ✓

Elle

⇔

a ✓

Nous

⇔

avons ✓

Vous

⇔

avez ✓
Choose the correct image: Vouz avez trois amis.
Which sentences use a liaison?

Il y a des enfants. ✓

Nous avons un chat. ✓

Vous avez des amis. ✓

Il y a des chiens.
When is a liaison optional?

Between a pronoun and a verb.

Between a verb and an article. ✓

Between an article and a noun

It's up to you, you can decide when to use a liaison.

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Key learning points

The SSC [(e)au] is pronounced as in 'gauche'.
'Nous avons' and 'vous avez' are the 1st and 2nd persons plural of the verb 'avoir', to have, having.
'Nous avons' and 'vous avez' have a liaison; the -s in 'nous' and 'vous' is pronounced as it is followed by a vowel.
'Un' and 'une' are the indefinite article 'a/an.' 'Un' is used with masculine nouns, 'une' is used with feminine nouns.
The indefinite article ‘des’ is ‘some’; it is used with plural nouns.

Common misconception

There is always a liaison when an 's' is followed by a vowel.

The liaison between a verb and an article (nous avons un chien) is in fact optional. An optional liaison is often used in a more formal setting, for example when reading aloud a prepared speech rather than in a more formal conversation.

Keywords

[(e)au] - pronounced as ‘gauche’
Avoir - irregular verb meaning to ‘have, having’
Nous avons - from avoir, meaning ‘we have’
Vous avez - from avoir, meaning ‘you have (pl)’
Liaison - pronouncing a usually silent final consonant when followed by a vowel