Sentences in French (0005)

in french •  6 years ago  (edited)

J'ai pris quelques cours de pilotage.

One way of present perfect in French is using present indicative of avoir as auxiliary verb, then adding past participle of the main verb. These are present indicative of avoir:
j'ai (I have ...)
tu as (You have...)
il/elle a (He/She/It has...)
nous avons (We have...)
vous avez (You have...)
ils/elles ont (They have...)

pris is past participle of prendre which means 'to take'.

The sentence means:
I took a couple of flying lessons.

quelques means 'some / a few'.

cours de pilotage means 'courses of being a pilot' meaning 'flying lesson'

For the pronunciation of the sentence, you can use Google Translate. Of pronunciation, Google Translate is good for French, useful.

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