No. 3,944 in French

avais

"Avais" is the first-person singular imperfect tense of "avoir," meaning "I had."

In a sentence

Quand j'avais dix ans, je jouais au football tous les dimanches.
When I was ten years old, I played football every Sunday.
In this sentence, 'avais' is used as the imperfect tense of 'avoir' to indicate possession or a state of age in the past.
Je pensais que j'avais une chance de réussir ce test.
I thought that I had a chance to succeed in this test.
Here, 'avais' expresses possession in the past tense, denoting the subject's belief in having a chance.
Si j'avais plus de temps, je finirais ce projet aujourd'hui.
If I had more time, I would finish this project today.
In this example, 'avais' is used in a conditional mood setting, representing an unreal-like condition in the past or present.

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