vivre avec
To live with in French is vivre avec.
vivre avec is used to describe sharing a home or residence with another person or animal. Just like in English, it can also be used figuratively to mean enduring or coping with a difficult situation.
Which one should you use?
While vivre avec emphasizes the experience or state of living or existing with someone, habiter avec is more focused on the physical act of residing in the same dwelling. Additionally, résider avec is a more formal way to indicate living with someone and cohabiter avec specifically refers to living together in a cohabitation arrangement.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb vivre is an irregular verb and must be conjugated to match the subject in a sentence.
Did you know?
- While vivre avec means to live with someone, the French language also uses the verb vivre to refer to 'livelihood' or how a person earns their money.
- The word avec evolved from a Latin phrase meaning 'near this' and was used to replace the original Latin word 'cum' for 'with' during the Merovingian and Carolingian periods.
- The word vivre is a cognate of the English word 'vivacious', as both share the same Latin root meaning 'to live'.
Examples in context
- Il te faut vivre avec.You have to live with it.This sentence is useful for practicing the figurative meaning of 'to endure' using vivre avec.Tatoeba #6732382 by GB3, translation #3728355 by CM
- Tu peux vivre avec moi.You can live with me.This sentence shows how to express the ability to live with someone using vivre avec.Tatoeba #4604127 by Amastan, translation #3342820 by CK
- Je veux vivre avec toi.I want to live with you.This sentence shows how to express a desire to live with someone using vivre avec.Tatoeba #5233920 by sicerabibax, translation #2631827 by Joseph
- J'habite avec ma famille dans une maison.I live with my family in a house.
- Il réside avec son collègue dans un appartement.He lives with his colleague in an apartment.
- Nous cohabitons avec nos amis dans une colocation.We live with our friends in a shared apartment.
- Elle partage un logement avec ses camarades de classe.She shares a living space with her classmates.
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Example conversation
Hugo and Chloé are talking about their future housing plans.
- HugoEst-ce que tu veux vivre avec un colocataire ?Do you want to live with a roommate?
- ChloéNon, je préfère vivre avec mon chat seulement.No, I prefer to live with my cat only.
- HugoC'est dommage, je cherche quelqu'un pour vivre avec.That's a shame, I'm looking for someone to live with.
- ChloéTu devrais demander à ton frère, Hugo.You should ask your brother, Hugo.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries avec, vivre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
