Avoir
AVOIR NB TENSES WITH EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Here are example sentences for avoir in all your requested tenses, with English translations.
Présent (I have, You have, He/She has, We have, You have, They have)
J’ai un chien. → I have a dog.
Tu as beaucoup de travail aujourd’hui. → You have a lot of work today.
Il a une voiture rouge. → He has a red car.
Nous avons une réunion à 10 heures. → We have a meeting at 10 o’clock.
Vous avez une belle maison. → You have a beautiful house.
Ils ont trois enfants. → They have three children.
Imparfait (I had, You had, He/She had, We had, You had, They had)
J’avais toujours faim après l’école. → I was always hungry after school.
Tu avais un bon professeur de maths. → You had a good math teacher.
Elle avait une belle voix. → She had a beautiful voice.
Nous avions beaucoup de devoirs à faire. → We had a lot of homework to do.
Vous aviez raison sur ce point. → You were right about that.
Ils avaient une grande maison à la campagne. → They had a big house in the countryside.
Futur Simple (I will have, You will have, He/She will have, We will have, You will have, They will have)
J’aurai le temps demain. → I will have time tomorrow.
Tu auras une surprise. → You will have a surprise.
Il aura bientôt 18 ans. → He will be 18 soon.
Nous aurons des invités ce week-end. → We will have guests this weekend.
Vous aurez une réponse bientôt. → You will have an answer soon.
Elles auront du travail à faire. → They will have work to do.
Passé Simple (I had, You had, He/She had, We had, You had, They had) [Mostly literary]
J’eus une idée brillante. → I had a brilliant idea.
Tu eus beaucoup de courage. → You had a lot of courage.
Il eut un accident en route. → He had an accident on the way.
Nous eûmes de la chance. → We had luck.
Vous eûtes une belle carrière. → You had a great career.
Ils eurent des problèmes financiers. → They had financial problems.
Passé Composé (I have had / I had, You have had / You had, etc.)
J’ai eu une bonne note à l’examen. → I got a good grade on the exam.
Tu as eu une longue journée. → You had a long day.
Elle a eu une promotion. → She got a promotion.
Nous avons eu un accident hier. → We had an accident yesterday.
Vous avez eu une bonne idée. → You had a good idea.
Ils ont eu peur en voyant le film. → They were scared watching the movie.
Plus-que-parfait (I had had, You had had, He/She had had, We had had, You had had, They had had)
J’avais eu une journée difficile. → I had had a difficult day.
Tu avais eu beaucoup de chance. → You had had a lot of luck.
Il avait eu une enfance heureuse. → He had had a happy childhood.
Nous avions eu une longue conversation. → We had had a long conversation.
Vous aviez eu une opportunité incroyable. → You had had an incredible opportunity.
Ils avaient eu des problèmes techniques. → They had had technical problems.
Conditionnel Passé (I would have had, You would have had, He/She would have had, We would have had, You would have had, They would have had)
J’aurais eu plus de temps si j’avais mieux organisé mon travail. → I would have had more time if I had better organized my work.
Tu aurais eu une meilleure note si tu avais étudié plus. → You would have had a better grade if you had studied more.
Elle aurait eu moins de stress avec un bon planning. → She would have had less stress with a good schedule.
Nous aurions eu plus de succès avec un bon marketing. → We would have had more success with good marketing.
Vous auriez eu un meilleur prix si vous aviez négocié. → You would have had a better price if you had negotiated.
Ils auraient eu moins de problèmes en étant plus prudents. → They would have had fewer problems by being more careful.
Subjonctif Présent (That I have, That you have, That he/she has, etc.)
Il faut que j’aie de la patience. → I must have patience.
Je veux que tu aies confiance en toi. → I want you to have confidence in yourself.
Qu’il ait du courage est essentiel. → That he has courage is essential.
Que nous ayons une discussion franche est important. → That we have an honest discussion is important.
Il est nécessaire que vous ayez tous les documents. → It is necessary that you have all the documents.
J’espère qu’ils aient du beau temps pour leur voyage. → I hope they have good weather for their trip.
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