Where do you live in French informal and formal?

Jessi: Where do you live? in French Jessi: In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for French learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. Jessi: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question Where do you live? In French, this is Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? The first word in the question is Ingrid: Où Jessi: meaning Where in English. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) Où Jessi: Listen again and repeat. Ingrid: Où Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is Ingrid: habitez Jessi: meaning live. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) habitez Jessi: Now repeat. Ingrid: habitez Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. Ingrid: Où habitez And after that Ingrid: vous Jessi: meaning you. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) vous Jessi: Now repeat. Ingrid: vous Listen to the entire question and repeat. Ingrid: Où habitez vous Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Where do you live?? Ingrid: J'habite à New-York Jessi: "I live in New York.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. Ingrid: (Slow) J'habite à New-York Où adverb n/a Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: Ingrid: J' Jessi: which is the contracted version of the word for I. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) J' Jessi: Now repeat Ingrid: J' Jessi: And next Ingrid: habite meaning live. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) habite Jessi:Now repeat. Ingrid: habite Jessi: And after that Ingrid: à meaning something like in. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) à Jessi:Now repeat. Ingrid: à Jessi: Next is Ingrid: New-York which is New York. Ingrid: (Slow, by syllable) New-York Jessi:Now repeat. Ingrid: New-York Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, I live in New York., and then repeat. Ingrid: J'habite à New-York Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace New York with Paris. Ingrid: Paris Jessi: Paris Ingrid: (slow) Paris (regular) Paris Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Paris Ingrid: J'habite à Paris Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace New York. Say I live in Paris. Ingrid: J'habite à Paris Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace Paris with Londres. Ingrid: Tokyo Jessi: Londres Ingrid: (slow) Tokyo (regular) Tokyo Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Londres Ingrid: J'habite à Tokyo Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for Paris. Say I live in Londres. Ingrid: J'habite à Tokyo Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace Londres with Moscow. Ingrid: Moscou Jessi: Moscow Ingrid: (slow) Moscou (regular) Moscou Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Moscow Ingrid: J'habite à Moscou Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for Londres. Say I live in Moscow. Ingrid: J'habite à Moscou Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting France and someone asks where you live. You live in New York. Respond to the question. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à New-York Jessi: Imagine you live in Paris Respond to the question. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Paris Jessi: Imagine you live in Londres. . Answer the speaker's question. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Tokyo Jessi: Imagine you live in Moscow. Respond to the question. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? (five seconds) J'habite à Moscou Jessi: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask the question Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 3.

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Look at these questions:

Informal/singular questions:

Où habites-tu ?Where do you live?

Tu habites où ?Where do you live?

Formal/plural questions:

Où habitez-vous ?Where do you live?

Vous habitez où ?Where do you live?

Note that there are different ways to ask a question in French.

Now look at these answers:

J'habite à Paris.I live in Paris.

J'habite à Londres.I live in London.

J'habite à Atlanta.I live in Atlanta.

To say which city you live in in French, you can use the verb habiter (to live [somewhere]) as such:

J'habite à + [city]

Note that je (= I) becomes j' in front of the mute h of habite.
See also Je becomes j' with verbs beginning with a vowel in French (Elision) 

 

See more complex cases in À = To/in and De = From/of with cities in French (French Prepositions of Location) 

See also the more advanced lesson on how to conjugate all six forms of habiter in Le Présent:
Conjugate regular -er verbs in the present tense in French (Le Présent) 

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Where do you live in French informal?

Summary. The French translation for “Where do you live? (informal)” is Où habites-tu ?.

How do you describe where you live in French?

To talk about the country or city you live in, we will say “j'habite en/au/aux/à”. So let's see together when do you use “en”, “au, “aux and ” à”. “En” is used for countries that are feminine “j'habite en France” (I live in France), “France” is female, we say “la France”.

How do you respond to where do you live in French?

Respond to the question. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous? Jessi: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. Ingrid: Où habitez-vous?