Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2022-10-25
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In French, you use a specific expression to say if you are hungry or thirsty:"avoir faim/soif".
To be hungry/thirstyin French
Look at these examples:
J'ai faim.I am hungry.
Tu as soif.You are thirsty.
Vous avez faim, les enfants ?You are hungry, kids?
The verb avoir (to have) is used to express hunger and thirst (and notêtre-to be- as in English).
In French, we literally sayI have hunger / I have thirst.
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J'ai faim.I am hungry.
Tu as soif.You are thirsty.
J'aitrèsfaim aujourd'hui.I'm very hungry today.
Vous avez faim, les enfants ?You are hungry, kids?
