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[polar shoal]

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[silent plume]

I need to learn to when to use j'ai or je suis

[brave river]

That's simple:

• J'ai: Je (I) + ai (avoir, to have)
• Je suis: Je (I) + suis (être, to be)

J'ai is therefore 'I have' and 'Je suis' is 'I am'.

[silent plume]

ah ok, so when beginning certain sentences, when do you use j'ai or je suis then like why is it proper to use j'ai to say your age than say je suis etc or is it just because it's just "there" or..?

[brave river]

When do you use 'I am' and when do you use 'I have' in English? Same thing.

French just says 'to have an age' instead of 'being an age'.

A few things will be phrased differently in French, requiring 'to have' when English uses 'to be' (or the inverse), but those are fixed expressions and you'll learn them.

[silent plume]

Ça a du sens..... Merci pour votre aide!