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À mon avis, il a tort.

À mon avis, il a tort.
In my opinion, he is wrong.
From Lesson 145:Indefinite adjectives (quelques, plusieurs, chaque)·French

Breakdown of À mon avis, il a tort.

avoir tort
to be wrong
à mon avis
in my opinion

Questions & Answers about À mon avis, il a tort.

Why does it use a (has) instead of est (is) for "he is wrong"?
In French, being right or wrong is expressed with the verb avoir (to have). So instead of using the verb to be, you literally say he has wrong (il a tort). Similarly, to say he is right you would say il a raison (he has reason).
Why do we say À mon avis instead of Dans mon avis for "In my opinion"?
Prepositions rarely translate word-for-word between English and French. The fixed expression for in my opinion is à mon avis. It is best to memorize this phrase as a single set chunk rather than trying to translate it word by word.
Do I pronounce the final consonant in tort?
No, the final t in tort is completely silent. It sounds just like the English word tore.

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