Avoir, an essential French verb
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Avoir is one of the most common and important French verbs. Officially it means “to have,” but it’s equivalent to “to be” in many daily expressions, and is found in numerous idioms as well as in compound verb conjugations.
Today’s issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at the many faces and features of avoir.
Table of Contents
Lessons
🎬 Using avoir
Introduction to the most common uses of this essential French verb.
💬 Avoir expressions
Avoir is found in many essential and idiomatic expressions, including to want, to loathe, and to take place.
Avoir verb tables
How to conjugate avoir in every tense and mood.
Also see avoir conjugations with sound files.
Avoir as an auxiliary verb
Avoir is the helping verb for the vast majority of French verbs.
🟰 Simple + Compound Tenses and Moods
See how each simple conjugation of avoir serves as the auxiliary verb for a corresponding compound verb form.
Listening
Work on your listening comprehension while keeping an ear out for avoir conjugations and expressions in these audio articles.
🐕 Une famille d’amoureux des animaux A1
Partir étudier à l’étranger - les qualités à avoir B1
⛷️ Vacances aux sports d’hiver B1
Une Conversation Amicale : Monet vs JR B2
Dans les cabines d’essayage C1
🙋 A1 - B1 - B2 - C1 ?
These are 4 of the 6 CEFR proficiency levels.
Quiz Time
On y va, Paul !
Test yourself on present-tense avoir conjugations.
❄️ Histoires d’hiver
Mixed avoir conjugations (present, imperfect, future, etc)
PwLF Super Study Lists
Use these notebooks to test yourself on all the Progress with Lawless French avoir lessons.
Writing
Practice your French translation skills and avoir knowledge with these writing exercises.
Arnaud and Ophélie describe themselves A1
🪗 My cousin and her accordion A2
Asking about a hotel room B1
💐 My first Mother’s Day C1
Documentaire
Avoir and être are such essential verbs that they form the title of an award-winning - and delightful - documentary about a rural French grade school. I highly recommend watching it, if you have the chance. (It’s currently available on Roku and Amazon Prime.) Here’s the trailer, to whet your appetite.
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