The verb to have in French - Full conjugation

Avoir (to have) - a very useful verb
Avoir (to have) is a very useful verb and is used whenever we would say 'have' in English. It ‎is also used to form other tenses, such as the passé composé (the perfect tense).
J’ai les cheveux noirs - I have black hair.‎
Tu as un chat? - Do you have a cat?‎
Elle a un frère - She has a brother.‎
J’ai mangé une pomme - I have eaten/I ate an apple.
How to form avoir in the present tense
Avoir is an irregular verb, which means that it doesn’t follow the same pattern as regular ‎verbs in the present tense.‎
How to use avoir in the past
To talk about things you and other people had in the past, you can use the imperfect ‎tense of avoir.‎
This is how to conjugate the I, you and he/she forms of avoir in the imperfect tense:‎
English French Example
I had‎ j’avais J’avais un chien quand ‎j’étais jeune ‎- I had a dog when I was ‎little.‎
you had tu avais Tu avais une voiture bleue? ‎- Did you (use to) have a ‎blue car?‎
he / she had il / elle avait Ma grand-mère avait les ‎cheveux noirs ‎- My grandmother used to ‎have black hair.‎

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