- “I have to study” => Je dois étudier. or J’ai à étudier.
- “I need to study” => J’ai besoin d’étudier.
“Je avoir à étude” corresponds to nothing1 (2 errors); “je” is a personal pronoun, therefore there must be a conjugated verb form after it, never an infinitive.
It is apparent that the verb in question is “avoir” when its sens is “have to”; “to” is rendered by “à”, but just as in English that must be followed by an infinitive, never a noun: “I have to go. => J’ai à m’en aller.”.
1More exactly, it is meaningless
In addition to je dois étudier, another common and idiomatic way to say it is :
Il faut que j’étudie.
Additionally,
J’ai besoin d’étudier
is also common, but maybe less so.
Je avoir a etude
is plain unintelligible. A better phrase would be
Je dois étudier
as others have stated.
“Apprendre” can sometimes be substituted here, as long as “to learn” would be equivalent.
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