Je viens de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, É.-U.
To talk about where you are from in French, you will use the verb venir (to come).
Look at these questions:
Informal/singular questions:
D'où viens-tu?
Where do you come from?
Tu viens d'où?
Where are you from?
Formal/plural questions:
Note that:
- D'où is the contraction of de + où (from + where).
- De becomes d' because it's followed by a vowel (où).
- De becomes d' because it's followed by a vowel (où).
Now look at these answers:
To say which city you are from in French, you will use the following expression:
Je viens de + [city]
ATTENTION:
If the city name begins with a vowel, de becomes d' :
Je viens d'Édimbourg.
I am from Edinburgh.
Je m'appelle Caroline et je viens d'Avignon.
My name is Caroline and I am from Avignon.
See more complex cases in Using 'à' (to/in) and 'de' (from/of) with cities (prepositions)
See also the more advanced lesson on how to conjugate all six forms of venir in Le Présent:
Conjugate venir, tenir and derivatives in Le Présent (present tense)
Learn more about these related French grammar topics
Examples and resources
Je viens de Londres.
I am from London.
D'où venez-vous ?
Where are you from?
Je viens d'Édimbourg.
I am from Edinburgh.
Tu viens d'où?
Where are you from?
D'où viens-tu?
Where do you come from?
Je viens d'Omaha.
I come from Omaha.
Je viens de Madrid.
I am from Madrid.
Je viens de Hong Kong.
I am from Hong Kong.
Je viens de Paris.
I am from Paris.
Je m'appelle Caroline et je viens d'Avignon.
My name is Caroline and I am from Avignon.
Vous venez d'où ?
Where are you from?
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JeremyKwiziq community member
Je viens de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, É.-U.
Asked 2 months ago
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Je viens de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, É.-U.
Je viens de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, É.-U.
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PrudvinathKwiziq community member
de L'Inde ou d'Inde?
I have seen some tutorials using 'Je viens de L'Inde' while some tutorials use 'Je viens d'Inde' to say 'I am from India'.
I feel both are grammatically correct (In my limited knowledge).
Which phrase is should I use?
Asked 4 months ago
Hi Prudvinath,
Aurélie answered this question to Aditya in the following -
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/je-viens-de-l-inde
Hope this helps!
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de L'Inde ou d'Inde?
I have seen some tutorials using 'Je viens de L'Inde' while some tutorials use 'Je viens d'Inde' to say 'I am from India'.
I feel both are grammatically correct (In my limited knowledge).
Which phrase is should I use?
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Hi Jean,
Here is are a couple of examples with venir de in the negative -
Il ne vient pas de Paris, il vient de Rouen = He doesn't come from Paris he comes from Rouen
Il ne vient pas d'arriver il vient de partir = He hasn't just arrived he has just left
I hope these help!
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HanaKwiziq community member
What do you say when you want to say I'm from (country)?
Asked 6 months ago
Hi Hana,
Take a look at the following lesson which will answer your question -
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PatKwiziq community member
Je m’appelle Pat et je viens d’Australie. D’où venez-vous ?
Asked 6 months ago
CécileKwiziq team member
Moi, je viens de Versailles en France, mais j'habite Warwick dans le Warwickshire....
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Hi Shahd,
Just a small correction -
'Je viens du Caire' as it is, Le Caire and
de + le = du
Hope this helps!
Bonjour Shahd !
Just to complete Cécile's answer, here's a link to our related lesson:
Bonne journée !
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MarshalineKwiziq community member
Is this correct Je m'appelle Marshaline et je viens de Jamaïque
Asked 7 months ago
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Hi Susan, your reply is almost correct. You only forgot "ne" and the "s" in the end of "viens" to mark it as first person singular:
Non, je ne viens pas de Londres. Je viens de Philadelphia.
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HalouiKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
How to say im from algeria like this: je viens d'algerie ????
Asked 8 months ago
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AtulKwiziq community member
pourquoi il n'est pas: Je viens d'Hong Kong?
Je viens d'Omaha.
mais
Je viens de Hong Kong.
pourquoi il n'est pas
Je viens d'Hong Kong?
Asked 8 months ago
Hi Atul,
- You do not say,
d’Hong Kong
because it has what is called in French a H aspirate which means you indicate its presence by not doing what you have been taught to do when there’s a clash of vowel and consonant, called an elision...
You have to say
de Hong Kong, de Hollande ....
Hope this helps!
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pourquoi il n'est pas: Je viens d'Hong Kong?
Je viens d'Omaha.
mais
Je viens de Hong Kong.
pourquoi il n'est pas
Je viens d'Hong Kong?
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YolandaKwiziq community member
what about i saying i came from somewhere..example i came from town......
Asked 9 months ago
CécileKwiziq team member
HI Yolanda,
You would say -
Je viens de la ville,
Je viens du centre ville
The context would make meaning clear.
Hope this helps!
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what about i saying i came from somewhere..example i came from town......
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JonathanKwiziq community member
What about saying you come from a country? does the same rules apply? IE "Je viens de France"
Asked 9 months ago
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What about saying you come from a country? does the same rules apply? IE "Je viens de France"
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SamiKwiziq community member
Corrigez-moi . S'il vous plaît
J'habite à Alexandrie en Egypte.
Asked 10 months ago
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Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Je viens d'Adelaide. -- I come from Adelaide.
What was your question again?
AfsarKwiziq community member
When we say J'habite we use 'en' (I live in...) and coming from we use de or d'?
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
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.
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
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: Using en with feminine countries and au(x) with masculine countries to say in or to (prepositions)
En, dans = In, to with regions, states, counties (prepositions)
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I found the audio of "je viens d'Omaha" very difficult to understand and recognise "Omaha"
Asked 10 months ago
Tom Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
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
AurélieKwiziq team member
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 !
Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
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!
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I found the audio of "je viens d'Omaha" very difficult to understand and recognise "Omaha"
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MaxineKwiziq community member
I don' understand the (d) D' ou what does the (d) mean in a sentence
Asked 1 year ago
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TilenKwiziq community member
So if you're speaking of a german city starting with H, does the "de" contract to "d' " or not? Je viens de/d' Hambourg.
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Tilen,
I would say, 'de Hambourg' just to make sure that the city is clearly recognised...
Tilen asked:View original
So if you're speaking of a german city starting with H, does the "de" contract to "d' " or not? Je viens de/d' Hambourg.
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MelissaKwiziq community member
Je viens de Kansas City. Does Kansas City have a French pronunciation or do I say it the way I would in English?
Asked 1 year ago
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....
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Je viens de Kansas City. Does Kansas City have a French pronunciation or do I say it the way I would in English?
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GeorgiaKwiziq community member
Comment conjuguez-vous avec il, elle, ils, elles et nous>
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Georgia,
here is the conjugation of "Je viens de Vienne."
Je viens de Vienne.
Tu viens de Vienne.
Il/elle/on vient de Vienne.
Nous venons de Vienne.
Vous venez de Vienne.
Ils/elles viennent 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:
Bonne journée !
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Randolf !
Good sentence, just one thing :
Je viens de Manille.
Bonne journée !
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VernonKwiziq community member
Do city names have gender?
According to the lesson below, you have to use de/du depending on a country's gender. Is it the same for cities?
https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/tests/results/1861632/system?quick-lesson-popup=1
Asked 1 year ago
Hi Vernon,
Although you don't need to worry about the gender of most towns or cities in the expression , 'Venir de', as in the case of single word places it will always be
Je viens de Paris, je viens de Londres, je viens d'Amsterdam, je viens de Nice ...
In the case of towns which use an article in their name it will be,
je viens du Havre (because the town is Le Havre )
Je viens de La Rochelle ( because the town is La Rochelle)
je viens des Sables d'Olonne ( the town is Les Sables d'Olonne) etc...
When you start talking about towns and cities or describing them you will need to use a gender and some will be feminine or masculine. Some will have an article in front of them like, La Havane , La Rochelle, Le Creusot which will determine whether they are feminine or masculine. Some will have an adjective in their name like, Mantes-la-Jolie which will indicate their gender. But in the majority of single word cases, there are no rules to indicate whether a city or town is masculine or feminine except when you use the adjectives 'vieux', 'grand', 'nouveau' or 'tout' in front of them which will always be masculine in this case, e.g. Le Vieux Nice, le grand Bruxelles, le nouveau Belleville, Le tout-Paris...
Hope this helps!
Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonsoir Vernon,
Yes, city names have a gender. which is covered in a different lesson at the A1 level; here is that lesson link:
Using 'à' (to/in) and 'de' (from/of) with cities (prepositions)
J'espère que ma réponse vous aiderait.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français, la langue de Molière et qui a été utilisée par le monde français depuis l’époque d’Hugues Capet
Ron (un locuteur non natif )
Vernon asked:View original
Do city names have gender?
According to the lesson below, you have to use de/du depending on a country's gender. Is it the same for cities?
https://french.kwiziq.com/my-languages/french/tests/results/1861632/system?quick-lesson-popup=1
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Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Djordje,
Very good practice phrase with one small correction: Je viens de Serbie. In French Serbia becomes Serbie.
I hope you find this helpful,
bonne chance
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JimmyKwiziq community member
, I think I might be starting to understand. Thank you for the repetition.
Asked 2 years ago
Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Jimmy,
Assuming that you are a native English speaker, we often forget in learning a second or even third language how we learned English. It was not that we picked it up in a year or two, it was by rote, that is that, for most of us in the US who had a minimum of 12 years in school, we were immersed in English daily and we went over the same things for the most part repetitively. And after those 12 years, we came out of school with varying levels in vocabulary:
"Nagy and Anderson (1984) estimated that an average high school senior knows 45,000 words, but other researchers have estimated that the number is much closer to 17,000 words (D'Anna, Zechmeister, & Hall, 1991) or 5,000 words (Hirsh & Nation, 1992)."
As you can see, the studies vary from 5000 words to 45,000 words. The point being, that no matter the size of our vocabulary upon graduation, it was learned by repetition and usage.
The same holds for learning French, it is by repetition and usage that we will become proficient. The largest problem that we have living in the US, is we are not exposed on a day over day basis to the language and culture of French, i.e. we are not immersed in it, like we would be having grown up in France or another French speaking country nor by being in that milieu daily.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français.
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Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Arpan,
Votre français, c'est exact.
Alors, voici une autre façon syntaxique de dire la même phrase.
Je suis originaire de Mumbai en Inde
J'espère que c'est utile pour vous.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation en vos études de français.
Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Je m'excuse. Il y a une petite faute d’orthographe.
«veins» , cela aurait dû être «viens».
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HeeraKwiziq community member
Bonjour Anagha!
I believe "I come from India" would be "Je viens d'Inde"
Since Inde begins with a vowel de contracts to d'.
Hope it's helpful. :)
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Anagha !
Heera is right !
Here is a link to our lesson on how to express "in/to" + countries in French, which varies from the city case :)
Using en with feminine countries and au(x) with masculine countries to say in or to (prepositions)
À bientôt !
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CarrieKwiziq community member
I am from the Gold Coast. Would you drop 'the' and say Je viens de Gold Coast?
Asked 2 years ago
Bonjour Carrie et Ron !
Depending on these two cases, you'll either say:
1) Je viens de la Côte de l'Or, en Afrique.
or
2) Je viens de Gold Coast, en Australie. (city)Je viens de la Côte d'Or, en Australie. (region including the city of Gold Coast)
I hope that's helpful!
Bonne journée !
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Carrie !
The issue here is whether the Gold Coast is a city or a region, as in French it makes a difference.
Can you give me more details as to what is the Gold Coast exactly?
Merci !
Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Aurélie,
Il y a deux «Gold Coast»:
1) The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa from 1867 to its independence as the nation of Ghana in 1957.
2) The Gold Coast is a city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane.
Alors,bonne journée.
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I am from the Gold Coast. Would you drop 'the' and say Je viens de Gold Coast?
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AyushKwiziq community member
Can "je viens de" also mean I have just, if the phrase is followed by an infintive of a verb
Asked 2 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Ayush !
Yes indeed, just like Leon demonstrated :)
Here is a link to our related lesson:
Venir de + infinitive = To have just done (Le Passé Proche)
À bientôt !
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Can "je viens de" also mean I have just, if the phrase is followed by an infintive of a verb
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Bonjour a tous! Je m'appelle Rita. Je viens de Vilnius en Lituanie.
Asked 2 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Rita !
Très bonnes phrases !
Attention: "Bonjour à tous" :)
À bientôt !
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je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.
je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.
Asked 2 years ago
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je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.
je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Jerry asked: "Isn't Monaco a country not a city?"
Shouldn't the correct answer be Je viens du Monaco ?"
Asked 2 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Jerry !
That's an interesting question!
Monaco is indeed a peculiar case, what we call in French "une cité-État" (a city State), as the city of Monaco covers the totality of the Country of Monaco. It is also called "la principauté de Monaco".
I guess that explains why in French you would never say "Je viens du Monaco", but actually consider it - grammatically at least - as a city.
I however decided to add a hint to the question, to avoid any confusion :)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Aurélie asked:View original
Jerry asked: "Isn't Monaco a country not a city?"
Shouldn't the correct answer be Je viens du Monaco ?"
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Joseph !
Almost perfect! Just remember that "USA" is "Etats-Unis" :
"Je viens des Etats-Unis."
À bientôt !
JosephKwiziq community member
Merci Aurelie. I have to figure out how to get international keyboard for my I pad in order to add aigu to the e.
A bientot
Joseph
TomKwiziq community member
Joseph, on my iPad I just hold the key and it shows the different accents available. There is also a key with a figure of a globe next to the spacebar which will change the keyboard, Tom
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Hilary !
Don't forget the "s" at the end of "viens", and note that you can spell "Nigeria" or "Nigéria" in French:
Je viens de Jos au Nigéria.
À bientôt !
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LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Inge,
Une petite correction : au Canada, parce qu'il est masculin. On utilise "en" devant un pays feminin, par exemple, en France.
Moi, je viens de Chicago aux USA.
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Yup, realized that shortly after when I reviewed the appropriate lesson :-). Now I will never forget anymore! Thanks Laura.
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Bonjour Jane,
Almost, but you have two prepositions in front of the country. The correct way to say it is Je viens de Brooklyn aux États-Unis.
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Fiona !
Super, donc tu es australienne ? Moi je viens de Chartres, en France.
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Bonjour Sophia !
The sentence is correct, just note that in French you say "PennsylvaniE" and it's feminine ;)
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Sue !
It's almost that!
You'd say: "Je viens du sud de l'Angleterre."
À bientôt !
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Bonjour Wendy !
"Je viens de Somerset West" is correct if you're talking about a city, however to say "in South Africa", you'll say: en Afrique du Sud.
See the related lesson: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-en-with-feminine-countries-and-aux-with-masculine-countries-to-say-in-or-to-prepositions
À bientôt !
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour !
The rule for states or regions is a bit different than for cities.
You would say: Je viens du New Jersey.
Have a look at the related lesson: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/say-where-you-come-from-with-venir-de-d-du-des-country-state-region
À bientôt !
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LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Sylvia, Good try, but you're mixing up two different words. Je viens du Nigéria = I'm from Nigeria. Je suis nigériane = I am Nigerian.
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Bonjour Te'Aannie !
Super ! ET tu viens de quel pays ?
See https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/say-where-you-come-from-with-venir-de-d-du-des-country-state-region
À bientôt !
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Aditya !
This sentence is almost perfect, but because India is a country, you will say:
Je viens d'Inde.
See also this lesson: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/say-where-you-come-from-with-venir-de-d-du-des-country-state-region
A bientôt !
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Bonjour Peter !
Vraiment ? Quelle coïncidence: j'habite à Londres !
À bientôt peut-être !
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LauraKwiziq community member
Je viens d'Amsterdam aux Pays-Bas mais je suis née en Andorre.
Asked 3 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Laura,
Super ! Moi je suis née en France, mais j'habite à Londres, en Angleterre.
À bientôt !
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Jamee,
Just a small correction to do with states/regions:
"Je viens de West Orange dans le New Jersey aux États-Unis."
À bientôt !
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AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Janet,
The way to say "to go to + city" is:
aller in Le Présent + à + city
"Je vais à Paris."
"Tu vas à Londres."
"Nous allons à New York."
Look for more cases in the following lesson:
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/contractions-of-articles-a-le-au-a-les-aux-de-le-du-de-les-des
A bientôt !
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Bonjour Mary !
Tu es canadienne, super ! Moi, je suis française, mais j'habite à Londres, en Angleterre.
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Bonjour Jo-Anne !
Super ! Moi je viens de Gallardon, une petite ville en Beauce, en France.
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LindaKwiziq community member
Je viens de Melbourne en Australie
mais J'etait nee pays de Galles
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Linda,
Très bien ! Quelques petites corrections : je suis née au Pays de Galles.
LindaKwiziq community member
Merci! I was trying to say I was born in Wales so wouldn't I need to use the past tense of etre? Not sure about this.
LauraKwiziq team member
No, naître is a strange verb in French. It means "to be born," so the passé composé, je suis née, means I was born.
J'étais née is the past perfect: I had been born.
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Bonjour Kim,
Très bien ! Une petite correction : Angleterre.
Je viens de Chicago, aux États-Unis.
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Je viens de Portland, Oregon Etas Unis, mais j'habite a Florence, Oregon pur vingt cinq ans.
Asked 3 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Hope,
First, a few corrections :)
Je viens de Portland, en Oregon, aux États-Unis, mais j'habite à Florence, en Oregon depuis vingt-cinq ans.
Here is a link to the lesson on how to say "since / for + duration":
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-you-use-depuis-since-for-with-le-present-and-not-le-passe-compose-prepositions-of-time
By the way: J'adore Portlandia, c'est une de mes séries préférées !
À bientôt !
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Je viens de Portland, Oregon Etas Unis, mais j'habite a Florence, Oregon pur vingt cinq ans.
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LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour TeAra,
Très bien, mais il ne faut pas oublier les majuscules :
Je viens de Havelock North en Nouvelle-Zélande.
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Je viens de Los Angeles, mais maintenant j'habite à CDM.
Asked 3 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Lisa !
CDM ? Je ne connais pas cette ville, ou ce pays ?
C'est où ?
LisaKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Bonjour Aurèllie.
J'habite à Corona del Mar en Californie. Nous l'appelons CDM.
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LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour April,
Très bien ! Mais n'oubliez pas les majuscules : Je viens d'Ottawa.
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LisaKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Bonjour Patty,
Est-ce que vous êtes de Portland en Oregon ou Portland en Maine? Ou un autre Portland?
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GruffKwiziq team member
Hi Bo, it's a contraction of "de + où" and literally means "from where".
"Tu viens d'où" = "You come from where?" (Where are you from?"
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Bo,
"D'où" is the contraction of "de + où" (from + where). De becomes d' because it's followed by a vowel (Où).
This lesson is more about understanding this question, but mostly about answering it for yourself.
However, we've decided to add a comment to our lesson to clarify this point :)
A bientôt !
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NoraKwiziq community member
Je habite u New York me je viens D'Israel
Vous venez d'ou?
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Nora,
Je me permets de vous donner quelques corrections :
> J'habite à New York mais je viens d'Israël.
Et moi, j'habite en Guadeloupe mais je viens de Chicago.
NoraKwiziq community member
Merci beaucoup Laura pour votre corrections mais e anchor a. Mon Française il très pauvres mais j'adore le lang Française.
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LeahKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Je ne viens pas de florida. J'habite à florida. Je viens d'alabama.
Asked 3 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team member
Et la Floride est un état, pas une ville, donc tu dis: "J'habite en Floride."
Moi j'habite à Londres, en Angleterre. :)
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AmberKwiziq community member
To use this in everyday speech, are you really saying this is where you were born or grew up?
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Amber,
Yes, "je viens de" can mean either "I was born in" or "I grew up in."
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To use this in everyday speech, are you really saying this is where you were born or grew up?
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ConstantinaKwiziq community member
je viens d'Athenes
I couldn't put the accent in Athens because of my keyboard
Asked 3 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Constantina -
Très bien ! You can type French accents on any keyboard with ALT codes: http://www.alt-codes.net/
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je viens d'Athenes
I couldn't put the accent in Athens because of my keyboard
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LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Chloe !
Almost - your conjugation isn't quite right: Je viens de Londres.
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