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How to Say ‘I'm going to be thirty.’ in French

Je vais avoir trente ans.

zhuh veh ah-VWAHR tront ahn

[zhuh veh ah-VWAHR tront ahn]

💬 Usage Tip: Je vais plus a verb is the easy way to talk about the near future, just like "I'm going to." Swap the verb: Je vais fêter "I'm going to celebrate."

Phrase Breakdown

Je vais avoir

zhuh veh ah-VWAHR

I'm going to be

This is the near future of 'avoir'. 'Vais' sounds like 'vè'.

Example

Je vais avoir du temps.

I'm going to have time.

Words in this phrase

[zhuh]

Pronoun used by the speaker to identify themselves.

Example

Je suis content.

I am happy.

vais

[veh]

am going to

Present tense of 'go,' used to express future intention.

Example

Je vais préparer le dîner.

I am going to prepare dinner.

avoir

[ah-VWAHR]

to have

Infinitive used as part of 'avoir l’air,' meaning 'to seem' or 'to look.'

Example

Je croyais pourtant avoir l'air très sérieux ce soir, au moins pendant cinq minutes.

I thought I looked very serious tonight, at least for five minutes.

trente ans.

tront ahn

thirty years old.

Link the words: 'tran-tan'. Both vowels are nasal.

Example

Il a trente ans.

He is thirty.

Words in this phrase

trente

[tront]

Thirty

The number equivalent to three tens.

Example

Elle a trente livres.

She has thirty books.

ans

[ahn]

years

A plural time noun used to talk about duration.

Example

Trois ans d'expérience sont demandés pour ce poste.

Three years of experience are required for this position.

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