In French, it’s, “N'ayez pas peur de faire des erreurs.” Why can't I say, “N'avez pas peur de faire des erreurs”?

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Parce que "N'ayez pas" est à impératif et pour donner un ordre, le verbe s'utilise à l'impératif. N'avez pas n'est pas correct ici. See the conjugation of verb 'avoir' in imperative
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There is a tone of instruction in the sentence “N'ayez pas peur de faire des erreurs” (don’t be fearful of making mistakes). In French, when you have to give command or instruction, you have to use imperative form of verbs. “ayez” is the irregular imperative form of verb “avoir”. That is the reason it...
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There is a tone of instruction in the sentence “N'ayez pas peur de faire des erreurs” (don’t be fearful of making mistakes). In French, when you have to give command or instruction, you have to use imperative form of verbs. “ayez” is the irregular imperative form of verb “avoir”. That is the reason it is used there but “avez” is the indicative form of “avoir” so you cannot use it there because Indicative form is used to relate facts and objective statements. read less
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