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How to say where you're from


Je viens de Chantilly
Je viens du sixième arrondissement de Paris
Vous êtes parisienne alors ?
Vous venez d'où ?


  • You can say where you come from by saying Je viens de... followed by the name of the place.


  • You can also say where you're from using the adjective for your country or town, e.g. Je suis anglais, English, or Je suis parisien, Parisian.


  • These words have slightly different versions according to the person they refer to - masculine, feminine, singular or plural - as in the examples below.


  • If a word ends in -e, it stays the same for masculine and feminine, e.g. Je suis britannique, I'm British.
Je viens d'Angleterre I come from England
Je viens de Londres I come from London
Je viens d'une petite ville   I come from a small town

Je suis...
...français
...anglais
...écossais
...irlandais
...gallois
  
...française
...anglaise
...écossaise
...irlandaise
...galloise
   		I am...
...French (man/woman)
...English (man/woman)
...Scottish (man/woman)
...Irish (man/woman)
...Welsh (man/woman)
Je suis britannique
   I'm British (man or woman)

See also country names, de, du, des and le, la



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