Je viens de + [city] = I'm from + [city]

Je viens d'Adelaide. -- I come from Adelaide.

What was your question again?

When we say J'habite we use 'en' (I live in...) and coming from we use de or d'?

In the case of habiter the preposition depends on whether you refer to a country, a province or a city.

J'habite en Australie.
J'habite dans le Yorkshire.
J'habite à Paris.

But in the case of venir, it is always de: Je viens d'Adelaide.

And then there is the gender of the country. Most countries are feminine and use "en" with habiter. But some are masculine and require à: J'habite aux États Unis.

Here are two related lessons: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-en-with-feminine-countries-and-aux-with-masculine-countries-to-say-in-or-to-prepositions

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/prepositions-with-regions-states-counties

merci beacoup!

Hi Nigel,

The audio sounds ok to my ear.

Perhaps you were expecting to hear the "h" sounded in the French version of Omaha?

"H" is always silent in French.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Bonjour Nigel !

I've now replaced the sound file with a clearer one, but as Tom pointed out, the two "a" sounds are very thinly distinct in French because of the non-pronunciation of the "h". It's more like a long [a] sound :)

I hope that's helpful!
Bonne journée !

Aurelie,

many thanks for that.  Yes, now I hear it as I expected that it would be said.  I relistened to the original recording several times before my post, and several times again after Tom's reply, and every time I found it really hard to recognise the recording as its text, despite knowing exactly what I was listening for.

I was not originally expecting to hear the h sounded, just some separation of the different elements of the word, which I can now hear.

Merci a vous!

Je viens de Nairobi

Je viens de Marolles en Hurepoix

It means "from". 

Où -- where, d'où -- from where. 

Hi Tilen,

I would say, 'de Hambourg' just to make sure that the city is clearly recognised...

Yes I think so Melissa, that should be recognisable for the majority of French people, you might have to explain where exactly it is though....

Merci, Cecile.

Did you have a question?

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Hi Georgia,

here is the conjugation of "Je viens de Vienne."

I hope that's helpful to you.  -- Chris (not a native speaker).

Bonjour Georgia !

Here is the link to our lesson on the full conjugation of venir in Le Présent:

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-venir-tenir-and-derivatives-in-le-present-present-tense

Bonne journée !

What's your question? -- Chris.

Bonjour Randolf !

Good sentence, just one thing :

Bonne journée !

je viens d'aux États-Unis