Wo wohnst du? — Where Do You Live? — German for Beginners

Say where you live now — and ask someone else.

Amina keeps going

Ich komme aus Nigeria.

Ich wohne in Berlin.

How to say where you live

Ich komme aus … is where you're originally from. Ich wohne in … is where you live now — Amina is from Nigeria, but lives in Berlin. Both can be true at once, and it's completely normal for them to be different places. wohnen means "to live"; Ich wohne in … names the city you live in now.

A few more ways to say it:

Ich wohne in Hamburg.I live in Hamburg.

Ich komme aus Ghana, aber ich wohne in Frankfurt.I come from Ghana, but I live in Frankfurt.

Quick check

Ich ___ in Köln. A. komme B. wohne C. heiße — Answer: B, wohne.

How to ask where someone lives

To ask, use Wo wohnst du? — "Where do you live?"

Wo wohnst du?Where do you live?

In short

You can say where you live with Ich wohne in … and ask with Wo wohnst du? — and you know it's different from where you're from.

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