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
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:
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/use-en-with-feminine-countries-and-aux-with-masculine-countries-to-say-in-or-to-prepositions
Lanellechikwaira
Kwiziq community member
22/12/18
faux
Sami
Kwiziq community member
12 December 2018
2 replies
à et en
J'habite à Alexandrie en Egypte.Chris
Kwiziq community member
13/12/18
Sami
Kwiziq community member
13/12/18
Chris
Kwiziq community member
28/11/18
According to my native French language consultants (i.e., French friends) you can hear a number of different ways to express "I live in Paris", each with a slightly different meaning:
J'habite Paris. -- I am a citizen of Paris.
J'habite à Paris. -- I live in Paris. (A general statement)
J'habite dans Paris. -- I live right in Paris (probably somewhere near the center)
J'habite sur Paris. -- I live by Paris (in the greater urban area but not right in Paris)
Augusta
Kwiziq community member
28/11/18
Christopher
Kwiziq community member
24 November 2018
3 replies
Does habiter need a prepositionÉ
In my book 501 French verbs it teaches that the verb habiter doesn't require a preposition so, J'habite cette maison, is acceptable.Is "J'habite à [city] an exception? Is "J'habite [city]" acceptable?
Christopher
Kwiziq community member
24/11/18
Tom
Kwiziq community member
24/11/18
Both "J'habite à [city]" and "J'habite [city]" are acceptable, although nowadays I seem to hear more of the former than the latter.
tom
Christopher
Kwiziq community member
25/11/18
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
23/11/18
Hi Simra,
"J'habite en Amérique" is the correct sentence.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
13/11/18
Hi Abishanka,
J'habite à Bangalore en Inde.
is correct.
Abishanka
Kwiziq community member
13/11/18
Kiragu
Kwiziq community member
8 January 2019
2 replies
How do I say "I live in a city"
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
8 January 2019
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 January 2019
8/01/19
Thanks. I live in Kenya