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habiter
habiter
French
Verb
habiter
- (transitive) To live in, to occupy (to have as a home.)
- Où habitez-vous ?
- "Where do you live?"
- L’homme habitait un appartement crasseux et sombre.
- "The man lived in a dirty, dark flat."
- Elle a habité cinq mois rue Vaubecourt, puis elle a déménagé.
- "She lived in Vaubecourt street for five months, then she moved."
- Où habitez-vous ?
- (intransitive) To live (in)
- J'habite à Paris.
- "I live in Paris."
- J'habite à Paris.
Conjugation
Conjugation of habiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | habiter | avoir habité | |||||
| gerund | en habitant | en ayant habité | |||||
| present participle | habitant /a.bi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | habité /a.bi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | habite /a.bit/ |
habites /a.bit/ |
habite /a.bit/ |
habitons /a.bi.tɔ̃/ |
habitez /a.bi.te/ |
habitent /a.bit/ |
| imperfect | habitais /a.bi.tɛ/ |
habitais /a.bi.tɛ/ |
habitait /a.bi.tɛ/ |
habitions /a.bi.tjɔ̃/ |
habitiez /a.bi.tje/ |
habitaient /a.bi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | habitai /a.bi.te/ |
habitas /a.bi.ta/ |
habita /a.bi.ta/ |
habitâmes /a.bi.tam/ |
habitâtes /a.bi.tat/ |
habitèrent /a.bi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | habiterai /a.bi.tʁe/ |
habiteras /a.bi.tʁa/ |
habitera /a.bi.tʁa/ |
habiterons /a.bi.tʁɔ̃/ |
habiterez /a.bi.tʁe/ |
habiteront /a.bi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | habiterais /a.bi.tʁɛ/ |
habiterais /a.bi.tʁɛ/ |
habiterait /a.bi.tʁɛ/ |
habiterions /a.bi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
habiteriez /a.bi.tə.ʁje/ |
habiteraient /a.bi.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | habite /a.bit/ |
habites /a.bit/ |
habite /a.bit/ |
habitions /a.bi.tjɔ̃/ |
habitiez /a.bi.tje/ |
habitent /a.bit/ |
| imperfect1 |
habitasse /a.bi.tas/ |
habitasses /a.bi.tas/ |
habitât /a.bi.ta/ |
habitassions /a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
habitassiez /a.bi.ta.sje/ |
habitassent /a.bi.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | habite /a.bit/ |
— | habitons /a.bi.tɔ̃/ |
habitez /a.bi.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō.
Verb
habiter
- to live (in a place)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of habiter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | habiter | avoir habité | |||||
| gerund | en habitant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | habitant | ||||||
| past participle | habité | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | habite | habites | habite | habitons | habitez | habitent |
| imperfect | habitois, habitoys | habitois, habitoys | habitoit, habitoyt | habitions, habityons | habitiez, habityez | habitoient, habitoyent | |
| past historic | habita | habitas | habita | habitasmes | habitastes | habiterent | |
| future | habiterai, habiteray | habiteras | habitera | habiterons | habiterez | habiteront | |
| conditional | habiterois, habiteroys | habiterois, habiteroys | habiteroit, habiteroyt | habiterions, habiteryons | habiteriez, habiteryez | habiteroient, habiteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | habite | habites | habite | habitons | habitez | habitent |
| imperfect | habitasse | habitasses | habitast | habitassions | habitassiez | habitassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | habite | — | habitons | habitez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: habiter