Monthly Archive: October 2026

In English we say “I am hungry” or “I am 20 years old”. French does not use être-to be here. It uses avoir (to have): J’ai faim literally means “I have hunger”or J’ai vingt ans to say I am 20...

When you talk about food and drinks in French, you often need to say “some”: some bread, some water, some fruit. In English we can drop “some” (I eat bread), but in French the article is never dropped. French uses...