Lesson 1.05 D'où viens-tu et où habites-tu?

Venir

Venir is the verb you will use to say where you are originally from.

Venir takes the preposition de before a city that begins with a consonant and d' with a city that begins with a vowel.

Habiter

Habiter is the verb you will use to say where you currently live.

Habiter takes the preposition à with all cities.

Let's see how the verbs change when the various pronouns are used. Possible answers have been included below the questions. Click on each question and answer to hear the pronunciation. Be sure to make pronunciation notes when necessary.

Pronoun	Venir	Habiter
tu	D'où viens-tu?	Où habites-tu?
je	Je viens de Birmingham.	J'habite à Mobile.
il	D'où vient-il?	Où habite-t-il?
il	Il vient d'Orlando.	Il habite à Miami.
elle	D'où vient-elle?	Où habite-t-elle?
elle	Elle vient d'Atlanta.	Elle habite à Houston.
vous	D'où venez-vous?	Où habitez-vous?
je	Je viens de Dallas.	J'habite à Paris.

The French Flag

The French flag, known as Le Tricolour (also spelled Tricolore) flies over all public buildings and is displayed during military and civil ceremonies, as well as on national holidays such as July 14, which is known as Bastille Day. On this day, the French celebrate their independence, and you will often hear references to the French motto of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood).

Le Tricolour contains three vertical, equal-sized bands of royal blue, white, and red. In order to ensure the flag is displayed properly, the royal blue panel should always be on the left side, closest to the flag pole. The colors red and blue are the ancient colors of Paris, while the color white was typically associated with France and its royalty. Not long after the French Revolution began, the three colors were often brought together to form a cockade, which was a decoration commonly worn on hats. The cockades eventually became part of the uniform of the new French police force known as the National Guard.

In 1790, the three colors were presented in the form of a flag, and on February 15, 1794, Le Tricolour was adopted as the official flag of France.

References

Corona, L. France. San Diego: Lucent, 2002. Print.

E, Gofen, and Reymann B. France. 2 ed. Tarrytown: Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish, 2003. Print.

Sonneborn, L. France. New York: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2013. Print.