Learn French: Avez-vous un album récent ? - Do you have a recent album?

Avez-vous un album récent ?

Do you have a recent album?

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Questions & Answers about Avez-vous un album récent ?

Why is it Avez-vous instead of Est-ce que vous avez?

This uses a structure called subject-verb inversion, which makes the question more formal. You simply swap the verb (avez) and the pronoun subject (vous), and connect them with a hyphen. Both ways are correct, but Avez-vous sounds more polite and elegant, while Est-ce que is more conversational.

Why does récent come after album instead of before it?

In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. Only a handful of short, common adjectives (describing beauty, age, numbers, goodness, or size) go before the noun. Since récent isn't one of those exceptions, it follows the standard rule and goes after album.

Would the word récent change if we were asking about a feminine word?

Yes, it would! Adjectives must match the gender of the noun. Because album is masculine, we use récent. If you were asking about a feminine noun like a song (une chanson), you would add an -e to the end to make it feminine: une chanson récente.

Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of vous in this sentence?

Yes, you pronounce it like a "z" sound. Because vous ends in a consonant and the next word (un) starts with a vowel, you link them together smoothly. This is called a liaison, and it makes the phrase sound like "Avez-vou-zun".