Avoir raison / tort / de la chance = To be right / wrong / lucky

Aurélie Drouard
2021-05-20
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Nous avons de la chance.We are lucky.

Luc a tort et j'ai raison.Luc is wrong, and I'm right.

Vous avez toujours raison.You are always right.

Je n'ai pas de chance.I am not lucky.

The verb avoir (to have) is used to express being right (avoir raison), wrong (avoir tort) or lucky (avoir de la chance).

 

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Je n'ai pas de chance.I am not lucky.
Vous avez toujours raison.You are always right.
Nous avons de la chance.We are lucky.
Luc a tort et j'ai raison.Luc is wrong, and I'm right.
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