How to use avoir in the past To talk about things you and other people had in the past, you can use the imperfect ‎tense of avoir.‎ I had‎ j’avais J’avais un chien quand ‎j’étais ...

Avoir is an irregular verb, which means that it doesn’t follow the same pattern as regular ‎verbs in the present tense.‎ This is how to conjugate all the forms of avoir in the ‎present ...