Friday, May 22, 2020

Dont Make This Mistake in French Je Suis 25 Ans

If you are 25 years old  and someone asks you in French how old you are, you respond:  Jai 25 ans (I am 25 years old).  Using the verb avoir (to have)  for age is the idiom, and to respond using the verb à ªtre (Je suis 25 ans) is nonsense to the French ear.  Ã‚   The French translation of to be is à ªtre. However, a lot of English expressions with to be are equivalent to French expressions with avoir (to have). To be ___ (years old) is one of these expressions: I am 25 (years old) is not Je suis 25 or Je suis 25 ans, but rather Jai 25 ans. This is just something you have to memorize, along with Jai chaud (Im hot), Jai faim (Im hungry), and many more expressions with avoir. Note also that the word ans (years) is required in French. In English you can just say Im 25,but that does not happen in French. Plus, the number is always written as a numeral, never as a word. Other Expressions of Age à   trois ans  Ã‚  at three (years of age)On fà ªte ses vingt ans. Were celebrating his twentieth birthday.un enfant de cinq ans  Ã‚  a five-year-old childretraite à   60 retirement at the age of 60moins de 26 ans younger than 26Anne Jones, 12 ans Anne Jones, age 12les enfants de 3 à   13  ans children ages 3 to 13Le groupe tà ©moin a comportà © 30 sujets, à ¢ge moyen de 56,9 ans.  Ã‚  The control group consisted of 30 healthy individuals, mean  age  56.9.à ¢gà © de plus de 18  ans older than 18 / 18 years of ageJai une excellente bouteille dOban  18 ans dà ¢ge  dans mon bureau.  Ã‚  I have an excellent bottle of  18-year-old  Oban in my office.La principale à ©tude comprenait environ 19,000 femmes à ¢gà ©es de 15 à   25  ans.   The main study involved almost 19,000 women from  15 to  25. More Idiomatic Expressions with Avoir avoir à  Ã‚  Ã‚   infinitive  Ã‚  to have to do somethingavoir besoin de   to needavoir chaud   to be hotavoir confiance en   to trustavoir de la chance   to be luckyavoir du charme   to have charmavoir du chien  (informal)  Ã‚  to be attractive, have a certain somethingavoir du pain sur la planche  (informal)  Ã‚  to have a lot to do, have a lot on ones plateavoir du pot  (informal)  Ã‚  to be luckyavoir envie de   to want  toavoir faim   to be hungryavoir froid   to be coldavoir honte de   to be ashamed of/aboutavoir horreur de   to detest/loatheavoir lair (de)  Ã‚  to look (like)avoir la frite  Ã‚  to feel greatavoir la gueule de bois  Ã‚  to have a hangover, to be hungoveravoir la patate   to feel greatavoir le beurre et largent du beurre  Ã‚  to have ones cake and eat it tooavoir le cafard  (informal)  Ã‚  to feel low/blue/down in the dumpsavoir lesprit de lescalier  Ã‚  to be unable to think of witty comebacks in timeavoir le fou rire   to have the gigglesavoir le mal de mer   to be seasickavoir les chevilles qui enflent  (informal)  Ã‚  to be full of oneselfavoir lhabitude de   to be used to, in the habit ofavoir lheure   to have (know) the timeavoir lieu   to take placeavoir lintention de   to intend/plan toavoir mal à   la tà ªte, aux yeux, à   lestomac   to have a headache, eye pain, stomachacheavoir mal au cÅ“ur   to be sick to ones stomachavoir peur de   to be afraidavoir raison   to be rightavoir soif   to be thirstyavoir sommeil   to be sleepyavoir tort   to be wrong Additional Resources Avoir, Être, FaireExpressions with avoirExpressions with à ªtre

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