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Why is it that Je suis = I am, but when you say how old you are, it becomes J'ai, which is I am?
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Why is it that Je suis = I am, but when you say how old you are, it becomes J'ai, which is I am?

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No j’ai means I have, je suis is i am
The french says I have ___ years (j’ai __ans) They also say I have hot (j’ai chaud) instead of je suis. If you say je suis when talking about how hot you are (temperature wise) then it can mean something very different.
User Siddharth Kaul
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when i learned english it was confusing for me too but it’s just the way it is
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