Learn how to tell someone where you live and how to form questions using the verb meaning "to live"
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Intro |
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| Virginie: Salut! Bonjour. |
| Eric: Eric here! |
| Virginie: [*] The Most Intuitive French Verb - You Cannot Live Without it! In this lesson you will learn how to say where you live. |
| Eric: And how to ask others where they live. |
| Virginie: I think Rob is starting to like that girl Sarah. |
| Eric: Right. So in this dialog they're getting a cup of coffee in a café. |
| Virginie: And that's right after the museum visit. |
| Eric: And since they've been chatting for awhile, they can now speak informally. Okay, so let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
| Sarah: Tu habites à Paris? |
| Rob: Oui, j’habite à Belleville*. Et toi? |
| Sarah: Non, je n’habite pas à Paris. |
| Rob: Tu habites où? |
| Sarah: À Toulouse. |
| *Belleville est un quartier de Paris. Toulouse est une ville au sud de la France. |
| Eric: One more time with the translation. |
| Sarah: Tu habites à Paris? |
| Virginie: Do you live in Paris? |
| Rob: Oui, j’habite à Belleville*. Et toi? |
| Eric: Yes, I live in Belleville*. What about you? |
| Sarah: Non, je n’habite pas à Paris. |
| Virginie: No, I don’t live in Paris. |
| Rob: Tu habites où? |
| Eric: Where do you live? |
| Sarah: À Toulouse. |
| Virginie: In Toulouse*. |
| *Belleville est un quartier de Paris. Toulouse est une ville au sud de la France. |
| *Belleville is a neighborhood in Paris. Toulouse is a Southwestern city in France. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: So, Sarah is from Toulouse? |
| Virginie: Yes. |
| Eric: And you are from Toulouse. What a coincidence! |
| Virginie: Ahah. Well a lot of people are from Toulouse, it's quite a big city. |
| Eric: Really. How many people are there? |
| Virginie: Over a million inhabitants. |
| Eric: That's pretty big. What is Toulouse known for? |
| Virginie: For many things. The aerospace industry, Airbus, but also its cassoulet! |
| Eric: Cassoulet, it's a dish, right? |
| Virginie: Yes it's a regional dish from Toulouse. It's a casserole of white beans and duck. |
| Eric: Wow. That sounds delicious! But where is Toulouse? |
| Virginie: It's in South Western France. |
| Eric: Wow, I'm still thinking about that cassoulet. But let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Virginie: Je / j' [natural native speed] |
| Eric: I. |
| Virginie: Je / j' [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Je / j' [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And. |
| Virginie: Tu [natural native speed] |
| Eric: You (informal). |
| Virginie: Tu [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Tu [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next. |
| Virginie: Et toi [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And you. |
| Virginie: Et toi [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Et toi [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next. |
| Virginie: Habiter [natural native speed] |
| Eric: To reside, to live |
| Virginie: Habiter [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Habiter [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Okay. |
| Virginie: Oui [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Yes. |
| Virginie: Oui [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Oui [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And. |
| Virginie: Non [natural native speed] |
| Eric: No. |
| Virginie: Non [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Non [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next. |
| Virginie: à [natural native speed] |
| Eric: At or to. |
| Virginie: à [slowly - broken down by syllable]. à [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Eric: Okay, great. So, let's have a closer look at this lesson. |
| Virginie: Right. The first words we’ll look at are.... |
| Eric: Oui and non! Yes and No!! |
| Virginie: The word Yes, ""oui"", was in a previous dialog. |
| Eric: And now we have the word ""non"", which means no. |
| Virginie: That's good to know. |
| Eric: Right. So what about Belleville? Is this a city in France? |
| Virginie: Oh, no. That's a neighborhood in Paris. |
| Eric: Oh, I don't think I've ever been there. Where is that? |
| Virginie: It's in the North East part of Paris, in the 20th arrondissement, the 20th area. |
| Eric: So, Paris is divided in 20 arrondissments. |
| Virginie: Yes, it's sort of like little towns within the city. |
| Eric: Ikay. So, is Belleville a nice neighborhood? |
| Virginie: It's one of my favorite! It's very authentic, and there are a lot of small French cafes. |
| Eric: And people play the accordion? |
| Virginie: Exactly. If you go to Paris I highly recommend you visit Belleville. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: Okay. So, the grammar focus of this lesson is on the verb habiter. |
| Virginie: Yes and habiter means to live. |
| Eric: And we will go through the entire conjugation of habiter in the present tense |
| Virginie: And this way it will give you the conjugation for all verbs that end with ER. |
| Eric: But first habiter means to live. Let's see how to say I live in... |
| Virginie: Okay. Rob says in our dialog ""J'habite a Belleville"" I live in Belleville. |
| Eric: So because the pronoun Je is followed by an H or a vowel, we're going to dropping the e from je. It's going to be J apostrophe. |
| Virginie: Yes. And the e in JE drops in front of all words starting with an H or starting with a vowel. |
| Eric: The way to pronounce it is ""J'habite"". |
| Virginie: Then, did you notice the preposition ""a"" right after J'habite? |
| Eric: Here it means in, as in I live in Belleville. But you can substitute any neighborhood. |
| Virginie: And you can also use it for a city. For example J'habite a Paris, I live in Paris. |
| Eric: J'habite a Moscou. I live in Moscow. |
| Virginie: Now if you want to say in which country you live, it will be slightly different. |
| Eric: The preposition changes, right Virginie? |
| Virginie: Yes it does. Instead of ""a"", you will say ""en"" for feminine countries... |
| Eric: And au for masculine countries. Now you guys know that even countries have genders in French!! |
| Virginie: Yes! Let's see one example. |
| Eric: Okay, a female county first. La France! How do I say I live in France? |
| Virginie: J'habite en France. |
| Eric: J'habite en France. Now a male country, Le Japon! Japan. |
| Virginie: J'habite au Japon, I live in Japan. |
| Eric: To recap - the habiter is followed by the prep ""a"" when it's a city or a neighborhood, |
| Virginie: Yes. And it's followed by en when it's a female country. |
| Eric: And finally followed by au when it's a male country! |
| Virginie: We're running out of time! We need to give you guys the conjugation of habiter and all the verbs in ER!! |
| Eric: Okay let's go. J'habite. I live and that end in an e. |
| Virginie: Tu habites. You live and that ends with es. |
| Eric: Il/Elle habite. He or she lives and that also ends with an e. |
| Virginie: Nous habitons. We live and that ends with ons, |
| Eric: Vous habitez. You live formally or when you're talking to several people, that ends in an ez. |
| Virginie: And finally, Ils/elles habitent, they live. And that ends with ent. |
| Eric: Okay remember, all the verbs ending in ER will be following this pattern! |
| Virginie: Absolutely. I think it's time to go but thank you for listening! |
Outro |
| Eric: Yes. That just about does it for today. Okay and thank you for listening. Au revoir! |
| Virginie: Au revoir! Salut! |
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