Introduce yourself — where you're from, what you do, and your interests.
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Tu viens d'où ?
Where are you from? (informal) (Literally 'you come from where?')
Je viens de France.
I'm from France.
Tu habites où ?
Where do you live?
J'habite à Paris.
I live in Paris.
Tu fais quoi comme travail ?
What's your job? (Literally 'you do what as work?')
Qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ?
What do you do in life?
Je suis data scientist.
I'm a data scientist. (No article before professions in French.)
Je suis artiste.
I'm an artist.
Je suis professeur / professeure.
I'm a teacher. (Often shortened to 'prof' in speech.)
Tu es étudiant / étudiante ? Qu'est-ce que tu étudies ?
Are you a student? What do you study?
J'étudie les langues à la fac.
I study languages at university. ('La fac' (short for faculté) is the everyday word for university.)
Quelles langues tu parles ?
What languages do you speak?
Je parle anglais et un peu français.
I speak English and a bit of French.
C'est quoi ta langue maternelle ?
What's your mother tongue? (Literally 'maternal language'.)
Qu'est-ce que tu fais pendant ton temps libre ?
What do you do in your free time?
J'aime lire et regarder des films.
I like reading and watching movies.
J'aime voir mes amis et rigoler.
I like seeing friends and joking around. ('Rigoler' = to laugh/joke — very colloquial.)
Tu as des hobbies ?
Do you have any hobbies? (Also: 'des passe-temps' — literally 'pass-times'.)
Tu fais du sport ?
Do you do any sports? ('Faire du' + activity is the standard pattern.)
Tu as quel âge ? J'ai vingt et un ans.
How old are you? I'm twenty-one. (Literally 'you have what age? I have 21 years' — age uses avoir (to have).)
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