habiter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French habiter, borrowed from Latin habitāre.

Pronunciation

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /a.bi.te/
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Verb

habiter

  1. (transitive) to live in, to occupy (to have as a home.)
    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.
    Il habite une ville où tous sont très gentils.
    He lives in a town where everyone is very kind.
  2. (intransitive) to live (in)
    Où habitez-vous ?
    Where do you live?
    J’habite à Paris.
    I live in Paris.

Conjugation

Conjugation of habiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple habiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple habitant
/a.bi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle habité
/a.bi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 habitai
/a.bi.te/ 		habitas
/a.bi.ta/ 		habita
/a.bi.ta/ 		habitâmes
/a.bi.tam/ 		habitâtes
/a.bi.tat/ 		habitèrent
/a.bi.tɛʁ/
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/
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/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present habite
/a.bit/ 		habites
/a.bit/ 		habite
/a.bit/ 		habitions
/a.bi.tjɔ̃/ 		habitiez
/a.bi.tje/ 		habitent
/a.bit/
imperfect2 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/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — habite
/a.bit/ 		— habitons
/a.bi.tɔ̃/ 		habitez
/a.bi.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

habiter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of habitō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habitāre, present active infinitive of habitō.

Verb

habiter

  1. 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
infinitive simple habiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple habitant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle habité
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — habite — habitons habitez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).

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