From the course: Essential French in Two Hours with Paul Noble

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(Paul) So again, what is "You have"? (Marianne) « Vous avez », « Vous avez ». (Paul) Now again, make that negative. (Marianne) « Vous n'avez pas », « Vous n'avez pas ». (Paul) So, there's both slices of bread, the negative warning and then the "not" at the end. What was "I have"? (Marianne) « J'ai », « J'ai ». (Paul) Now, "I have" in French is actually an abbreviation; it's a contraction. It's two words that'd been stuck together: "I" and "Have." It's actually written as a "J," apostrophe, "A-I." If you unabbreviate it, if you uncontract it and put it back to having two words, "I have" in French is: (Marianne) « Je ai », « Je ai ». (Paul) So that's them separated, but what you tend to get in French is when you have two vowels touching, it tends to abbreviate. Now, if you want to make that negative and instead of saying "I have," to say "I don't have" or "I have not," again, you will need to do exactly what we did before. Once more, what is "I have" in French? (Marianne) « J'ai », «…

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