Have - Avoir (The 8th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Have is Avoir. This word often comes up when talking about sickness & injuries, food, ownership, activities & movements, family & relationships. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 8th most commonly used word in French. It can be used as verb, noun. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: have

French: avoir

Examples


You have to believe in yourselves.	Il faut avoir confiance en soi.
The more you have, the more you want.	Plus on a plus on voudrait avoir.
My father won't let me have a dog.	Mon père ne me laisse pas avoir de chien.
I'm going to have a child.	Je vais avoir un enfant.
You must have heard about me.	Vous devez avoir entendu parler de moi.
I'm not sure what's wrong. We should have heard from him by now.	Je ne sais pas ce qui cloche, mais on aurait déjà dû avoir de ses nouvelles.
He cannot have said such nonsense.	Il ne peut pas avoir dit une chose aussi stupide.
Women want to have sex too.	Les femmes aussi veulent avoir des relations sexuelles.

If you're not careful, you might have an accident.	Si vous n'êtes pas prudentes, vous pourriez avoir un accident.
I'm afraid that I won't have the time.	J'ai peur de ne pas avoir le temps.
People ought to have the freedom to think for themselves.	Les gens devraient avoir la liberté de penser par eux-mêmes.
I'd like to have an answer.	J'aimerais avoir une réponse.
We'll have troubles for sure.	C'est sûr, on va avoir des problèmes.
I think it's sad not to have any friends.	Je pense qu'il est triste de ne pas avoir amis.
How foolish of me for not having thought of that.	Quelle folie de ma part de ne pas y avoir pensé.
He seemed to have been very happy.	Il semblait avoir été très heureux.
He is a gentleman. He cannot have said such a thing.	C'est un gentleman, il ne peut avoir dit une telle chose.
I'm going to have a great day today.	Je vais avoir une excellente journée devant moi aujourd'hui.
We must have faith in the president.	Nous devons avoir foi dans le président.
I want to have a lot of money.	J'aimerais avoir beaucoup d'argent.
I was to have finished the work yesterday.	Je devais avoir fini le travail hier.