Venir de vs. être de

BetsyB2Kwiziq community member

Venir de vs. être de

In this lesson on “venir de “ , you use the following as example 8:

Je suis de La Rochelle
I'm from La Rochelle

Why is it “Je suis de” instead of  “Je viens  de”?

Asked 4 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Betsy,

This particular lesson is about using the prepositions 'à' and 'de' with different cities.

It uses several verbs -

venir de, être de ( which means the same thing, to come from ) and revenir de ( to come back from), aller à ( to go to), etc.

Hope this helps!

Venir de vs. être de

In this lesson on “venir de “ , you use the following as example 8:

Je suis de La Rochelle
I'm from La Rochelle

Why is it “Je suis de” instead of  “Je viens  de”?

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