Look at these questions:
Où habites-tu ?
Where do you live?
Tu habites où ?
Where do you live?
Formal/plural questions:
Note that there are different ways to ask a question in French.
Now look at these answers:
To say which city you live in in French, you can use the verb habiter (to live [somewhere]) as such:
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 (elision)
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 habiter in Le Présent:
Conjugate regular -er verbs in Le Présent (present tense)
Learn more about these related French grammar topics
Examples and resources
J'habite à Londres.
I live in London.
Où habitez-vous ?
Where do you live?
J'habite à Paris.
I live in Paris.
Où habites-tu ?
Where do you live?
Vous habitez où ?
Where do you live?
J'habite à Hambourg.
I live in Hamburg.
J'habite à Lille.
I live in Lille.
J'habite à Atlanta.
I live in Atlanta.
Tu habites où ?
Where do you live?
Q&A
Alaa
Kwiziq community member
7 March 2019
1 reply
I was reminded Im supposed to say a before I mention the place.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
8/03/19
Et oui!
O
Kwiziq community member
3 March 2019
6 replies
J’habite aux Etats-Unis en Florida. Is this correct?
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
4/03/19
Hi O,
J'habite aux Etats-Unis en Floride....
O
Kwiziq community member
4/03/19
Merci beaucoup, Cécile.
Je suis très nouveau pour parler Français.
By the way, do you know of any links that discusses the appropriate use of the verb “are”?
I get confused about how and when to use sont, sommes, ètre, ect..
I wish to learn the difference.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
5/03/19
Hi O,
The verb to be is être in French.
Take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson -
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-etre-in-le-present-present-tense
O
Kwiziq community member
5/03/19
Ahh… c’est beau, merci Cécile!
raveena
Kwiziq community member
29/04/19
j'habite a sri lanka
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
30/04/19
It is -
J'habite au Sri Lanka, Raveena....
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
3/03/19
Hi Marshaline,
It would be -
J’abite en Jamaïque...
Marshaline
Kwiziq community member
4/03/19
Merci
Haloui
Kwiziq community member
25 January 2019
4 replies
How we say in french she live in...
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
26/01/19
Elle habite à...
Haloui
Kwiziq community member
26/01/19
Merci
Cilla
Kwiziq community member
3/02/19
Elle habit à
Ahlam
Kwiziq community member
12/02/19
Elle habit à londres.
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
8/01/19
Bonjour Kiragu !
To express the general sentence "I live in a city" in French, you'll say:
J'habite dans une ville.
Bonne journée !
Kiragu
Kwiziq community member
8/01/19
Thanks. I live in Kenya
Chris
Kwiziq community member
9/01/19
If your name is Kiragu then you would say, Je m'appelle Kiragu.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
29/12/18
Do you have a question Pelin?
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
29/12/18
Hi William,
It would be simply -
'J'habite dans une (grande) ville'.
Chris
Kwiziq community member
13/12/18
J'habite à Toronto au Canada.
Canada ist masculine and therefore uses au. You can find more on this here:
Using en with feminine countries and au(x) with masculine countries to say in or to (prepositions)
Lanellechikwaira
Kwiziq community member
22/12/18
faux
Lianda
Kwiziq community member
10 April 2019
1 reply
How do I say I live in the western cape of South Africa?
Marie
Kwiziq language super star
17 April 2019
17/04/19
Hi Lianda,
You would say "J'habite au Cap-Occidental en Afrique du Sud."