Sentence practice

Où est-ce qu'il habite ?

/u ɛs kil a.bit/

Where does he live?

A1neutral

The sentence, word by word

PatternQWORD + est-ce que + SUBJ + VERB

Où≠ ouwhereplace — where
est-ce queone unit(question marker)question marker — no meaning of its own
ilhesubject
habitelivesverb

The verb — where it comes from

habite←habiterGroup 1 · -er verbs
habiter → habit + e → habite
Mood
indicative
Tense
present
Person
third person singular (il/elle/on)
With
il
Full conjugation of «habiter»

Spelling and sound changes

élision — a vowel dropsque il → qu'il(que + vowel)

Notes on this sentence

OùPattern: question word + est-ce que + subject + verb. English Where does he live? needs does; French needs est-ce que instead. où has an accent — ou without it means or.
est-ce queque + il → qu'il. Three registers, same meaning: Il habite où ? (casual) · Où est-ce qu'il habite ? (neutral) · Où habite-t-il ? (formal).

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The same sentence in three registers

One meaning, three social situations. They are not interchangeable.

casualIl habite où ?spoken
neutralOù est-ce qu'il habite ?
formalOù habite-t-il ?written