Is it correct? "J'ai faim parce que je ne mange pas le déjeuner"
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The verb avoir (to have) is used to express hunger and thirst (and not être - to be - as in English).
In French, we literally say I have hunger / I have thirst.
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Hi Hà Thu,
Chris is right your sentence doesn't make any sense unless 'avoir faim' is the result of something which happened in the past or happens on a regular basis like -
J'ai toujours faim parce que je ne mange jamais rien pour le déjeuner = I am always hungry because I never have any lunch
Hope this helps!
If you want to say: I am hungry because I didn't have lunch, I would translate it like this:
J'ai faim parce que je n'ai rien mangé pour le déjeuner.
But there are several other options as well.
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Is it correct? "J'ai faim parce que je ne mange pas le déjeuner"
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This is not quite the whole picture. While it is true that the 'm' in 'faim' is not sounded as a classic 'm', it does have a determining effect on the pronunciation of the word.
Consider the following words: 'fait' & 'faim'. The 't' in 'fait' is truly silent and the word is pronounced¿[fɛ] If the 'm' in 'faim' were truly silent then both words would sound identical. In fact the 'm' in 'faim' causes a nasalisation of the sound and thus 'faim' is pronounced [fɛ̃].
Hope this helps.
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How do you say “Are you thirsty” and “Are you hungry” Formaly?
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INDEED A VERY INTERESTING LANGUAGE but why do we use avoir instead of etre

Bonjour Daniel !
In French, the expression is literally "to have hunger / to have thirst", hence the use of "avoir" instead of "être" :)
Bonne journée !
J'ai is from avoir and means "I have"
Je suis is from être and means "I am"
Of course, being French, there are excpetions to this... : )
INDEED A VERY INTERESTING LANGUAGE but why do we use avoir instead of etre
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Vous avez faim maintenant?
Non, Je n'ai faim pas j'ai soi
Hi Brenda,
Non, je n'ai pas faim, j'ai soif.
Did you have a specific question?
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
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Hi Bay,
Indeed in French we use 'avoir' for thirst and hunger and also for ages.
e.g.
Ils ont vingt ans, cette année.
(They are twenty this year.)
Le chat a soif.
(The cat is thirsty)
Nous avons faim, quand est-ce qu'on mange?
( We are hungry when are we eating?)
Hope this helps!


Yes. Because faim and soif are feminine nouns, so it may be more suitable to use avoir, instead of etre, that should be followed by an adjective to describe the subject
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" You took this Kwiz quite recently...soon! " When can I take Kwizs again?
Hi CrystalMaiden,
are you a paying subscriver to kwiziq? If so, you should be able to take unlimited quizzes. A free subscriber is limited to 10 quizzes a month, I believe.
-- Chris.


Hi CrystalMaiden - we're working a new version of the micro kwizzes that will immediately retakeable. They were not initially intended to be part of the user learning workflow but students really like them and the ability to focus on just one thing at a time, so we are going to improve them to make this possible.
In the meantime, I can suggest a workaround which is to use one or more Kwiziq notebooks to manage the topics you want to focus on. It does involve a few extra clicks but it's still quite fast to do. So, instead of taking the kwiz on the lesson page itself, click the add to notebook button (as a premium subscriber you can have as many notebooks as you like). Then go to that notebook and click test your knowledge to kwiz against that. You can keep them focussed to one or a few topics at a time - whether those suggested by kwizbot or anything you select from the whole library. Each kwiz will serve one question per topic, but they are repeatable and you'll go through the topics completely this way. KwizBot will also be smart about which questions he serves each time.
Regarding getting answers, I know people are answering your questions, so it may be that you're not seeing the email alerts. I'd check your spam folder as they can sometimes be mistaken for spam.

" You took this Kwiz quite recently...soon! " When can I take Kwizs again?
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Est-ce qu'on dit j'ai beaucoup de faim ou j'ai très faim? (I'm very hungry)
faim is a noun (hunger), très is adv (very), it should be used in front of adj (hungry), So here is an exception?
Est-ce qu'on dit j'ai beaucoup de faim ou j'ai très faim? (I'm very hungry)
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Bonjour Sophia !
When using the negation ne ... pas, you need to remember the two words are going on each side of the conjugated verb, as such:
J'ai faim, je ne mange pas.
Have a look at the related lesson: https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/view/601
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !

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Bonjour Elena !
Bravo, most of your sentences are correct: you definitely nailed j'ai faim and j'ai soif ;)
However, you would say je bois de l'eau, and not je bois d'eau, as here you need the partitive article to express "some".
Please have a look at the related lesson for more explanation:
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/du-de-la-de-l-are-used-to-express-some-or-any-partitive-articles
À bientôt !
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