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## Vocabulary · Streets and houses

Note that quitter must be followed by a direct object, usually a room or building.

## Usage notes · To reside · Habiter

Habiter ( /a.bi.te/), meaning to inhabit, to dwell, or to reside, is used to say in what city or area you live:
    Où habitez-vous ? J'habite à Paris. (Where do you live? I live in Paris.)
    Ils habitent à la ville, mais nous habitons à la campagne. (They live in the city, but we live in the countryside.)
    Ils habitent en ville, mais nous habitons en banlieue. (They live downtown, but we live in the suburb.)
Habiter is also used more specifically:
    L’homme habite un appartement crasseux et sombre. (The man lives in a dirty, dark apartment.)
    Elle habite dans une maison neuve. (She lives in a new house.)
Habiter rue … is used to state on what street a person lives:
    J'habite Rue Lecourbe. (I live on Lecourbe Street.)
    Il habite Rue de Rennes. (He lives on Rennes Street.)
Habiter refers to occupying a location, and does not mean to live more generally. (The irregular vivre is used instead.)

## Grammar · To do · Faire

The verb faire is translated to to do or to make. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -re verb).

### Formation

| faire /fɛʁ/ (fehr) | to do |
| je fais /fɛ/ (feh) | I do |
| tu fais /fɛ/ (feh) | you do |
| il fait /fɛ/ (feh) | he does |
| nous faisons /fɛ.zɔ̃/ (feh-zhoh$^{(n)}$) | we do |
| vous faites /fɛt/ (feht) | you do |
| ils font /fɔ̃/ (foh$^{(n)}$) | they do |
| fait /fɛ/ | done |

### Supplementary grammar · Le faire causatif

Faire conjugated, followed by an infinitive, means to have something done for oneself:
    Je fais réparer le fourneau. (I make/have the stove repaired.)

### Supplementary vocabulary · Related idioms
## Vocabulary · Housework · Le ménage
## Grammar · Object pronouns me, te, nous, and vous

The direct object pronouns me, te, nous, and vous mean me, you, and us:
    Il te donne un livre. (He's giving you a book.)
Me, te, nous, and vous are also indirect object pronouns, and mean to me, to you, and to us:
    Ils nous parlent. (They're speaking to us.)
These pronouns come before the verb they modify:
    Il vous aime. (He loves you.)
    Il aime vous parler. (He likes to talk to you.)
Me becomes m' and te becomes t' before a vowel:
    Il t'aime. (He loves you.)
    Il aime t'écouter. (He likes to listen to you.)

### Examples
## Supplementary usage notes · In · Dans

The preposition dans ( /dɑ̃/) means in or into, in the sense of inside, from outside, or to inside:
    Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. (He lives in (inside) the richest district of Paris.)
Dans also means in in the sense of within a period of time:
    Il fait deux fois plus d’ouvrage que son frère dans le même temps. (He does two times more work than his brother in the same time.)
As in English, dans describes abstract situations and state:
    Il est dans les larmes. (He is in tears.)
Dans can also mean out of or from:
    Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. (He takes the butter out of the refrigerator.)
The preposition en is used instead to indicate in in other senses.

### Examples
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