avoir de la patience

/a.vwaʁ də la pa.sjɑ̃s/

verb A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
a de la patience
past
a eu de la patience
perfect
eu de la patience

Meaning

  1. to have patience

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: state. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

perdre patience

Direct opposites worth learning as a pair: avoir de la patience is to have patience, perdre patience is to lose it.

Practice

1 What does avoir de la patience mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il faut avoir de la ___ avec les débutants.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches avoir de la patience?

verb

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