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How do you say "Where are you from?" in French?
D'où viens-tu ?
In French, "Where are you from?" is D'où viens-tu ?.
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Pronunciation
Say doo-veeun-too, where doo rhymes with 'true'.
Grammar notes
D'où viens-tu uses inversion and combines de (from) and où (where).
Example sentence
D'où viens-tu ?
Where are you from?
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How to remember D'où viens-tu ?
Viens (come) is inverted before tu in formal questions.
Related words
- What can you do? Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- What do you hate? Qu'est-ce que tu détestes ?
- What do you want? Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
- What is the temperature on Tuesday? Quelle sera la température mardi ?
- What is the weather on Monday? Quel temps fera-t-il lundi ?
- What is the weather on Tuesday? Quel temps fera-t-il mardi ?
- What is the weather on Wednesday? Quel temps fera-t-il mercredi ?
- What is your job? Quel est ton travail ?
- What is your personality? Quelle est ta personnalité ?
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Questions about D'où viens-tu ?
How do you say "Where are you from?" in French?
In French, "Where are you from?" is D'où viens-tu ?. It is a noun.
How is D'où viens-tu ? written in French?
D'où viens-tu ? is written using the standard French script.
How is D'où viens-tu ? used in a sentence?
Use D'où viens-tu ? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: D'où viens-tu ? (Where are you from?).
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"Where are you from?" in other languages
- Japanese 出身地はどこですか？ (shusshinchi wa doko desu ka ？)
- Korean 어디에서 왔어요? (eodieseo wasseoyo?)
- Chinese 你来自哪里? (nǐ lái zì nǎ lǐ ?)
- Spanish ¿De dónde eres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿De dónde eres?
- German Woher kommst du?
- Italian Di dove sei?
- Russian Откуда ты? (otkuda ty?)
- Greek Από πού είσαι; (apo pu ise)
- Arabic أنت منين؟ (inta minin?)
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