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The second most common verb in French is the verb avoir, which translates as ‘to have’ in English. Let’s go through the
conjugation of avoir in the present tense.

Subject Pronoun Avoir (to have)

je J'ai

tu Tu as

il/elle/on Il/Elle a

nous Nous avons

vous Vous avez

ils/elles Ils ont

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Note
Note that the subject pronoun ‘je’ changes to ‘j’’ with the verb avoir. This is because avoir begins with a vowel, and the
same contraction will take place for all verbs that begin with a vowel.

Avoir (to have) — Present Tense (French verbs conjugated by Learn French With Alexa) (4:25)
Watch this short video to learn about conjugating the verb ‘avoir’ in French.

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Avoir (to have) — Present Tense (French verbs conjugated by Learn French With Ale…
Ale…

When learning the verb aller (to go), we must also learn what follows naturally. We go to a place, which is expressed using the
conjugation of the verb aller in the present and a form of the preposition à (to):

Il y a
Il y a is an interesting expression that means both there is and there are; the same expression is used for both singular and
plural.

Example: Il y a un ordinateur sur le bureau.

There is a computer on the desk.

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Il y a des livres sur le bureau.

There are books on the desk.

To use this expression in the negative, we use the same negative expression that we learned before but add the preposition
de/d’.

Il y a  Il n’y a pas de/d’

‘De’ is used in front of words that begins with consonants, and ‘d’’ is used when the word begins with a vowel.
Example:
Il n’y a pas de stylo sur la table. Il n’y a pas d’ordinateur dur la table.
There is no pen on the table. There is no computer on the table.

Pratiquons-nous!
Dans la salle de classe

What can you name in our classroom? Look at the image below and type out an affirmative statement for something that
IS present in the classroom, or a negative statement for something that is NOT present.

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What is present in the photo

Il y a un chaise dans de la salle. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a une chaise.

Il y a une belle. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a une étudiante.

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il y a une table. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a un bureau.

Il y a un backpack. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a un sac à dos.

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Il y a des livres. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a des livres.

il y a une cartre. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il y a une carte.

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What is NOT present in the photo

Il n'y a une stylo. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il n’y a pas d’ordinateur.

Il n'y a pas de regle. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il n’y a pas de règle.

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Il n'y a pas de calculatrice. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il n’y a pas de calculatrice.

Il n'y a pas de porte. Reveal Answer

Characters Remaining: 0

Answer: Il n’y a pas de porte.

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