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have (possession)
serve as an auxiliary in compound tenses
be (used in idiomatic expressions to indicate states — e.g. hunger, age, cold)
Tu as l'heure ?
Do you have the time?
ace (playing card)
ace, top performer; expert
C'est un as du volant.
He's an ace behind the wheel / an expert driver.
Notes
GENERAL INFO
__As in French has 3 main uses:__
As a conjugated verb (Avoir)
As a masculine noun, un as (plural: des as) means "an ace," like in cards (l'as de pique)
Or a highly skilled person (un as de la mécanique).
USAGE
As a verb, it expresses possession:
"J'ai un livre" (I have a book),
Age (in French "avoir" is used instead of être (to be)):
"Elle a 30 ans" (She is 30 years old),
and is used in many other common expressions:
"avoir faim" (to be hungry) ; "avoir froid" (to be cold).
It also functions as an auxiliary verb, forming compound tenses like the *passé composé* "J'ai mangé" (I ate).
As a noun can be said for an ace in cards, or to someone highly skilled in a certain activity, a genius.
CONJUGATION - 3rd Group
J'ai
Tu as
Il/elle/on a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Ils/elles ont
TRAPS
Where the conjugated verb is pronunced /a/ (*S* is silent), the nouns have the S pronunced /as/.
Always check the context to determine if it's a noun or a verb!