I want to ask someone 'which part of Paris are you from?'. They don't live in France anymore so I'm not asking 'which part of Paris do you currently live' but rather where they were originally from.
2007-03-12 09:14:15 · 6 answers · asked by thatfreep 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
quartier means 'district'
direct translation of 'part' is 'partier'
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2007-03-12 09:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by Leah 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
If you want to know where someone is from a better question would be "vous êtes d'où?" which means where are you from. A "quartier" is a district of a town and yes in Paris they call them "arrondisements". So you you could say "Vous êtes de quel arrondissement?"
2007-03-12 16:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by langsteacher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
De quel quartier de Paris êtes vous"
2007-03-12 21:24:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Quartier" means "neighborhood" rather than "part", but it would go well with your question. However, a better word, especially for Paris, would be "arrondissement"
You could then ask them either:
Dans quel arrondissement de Paris avez vous habité?
Or
Dans quel arrondissement de Paris as tu habité?
"as tu" for a person whom you know well, or who is younger than you (or even the same age as you).
"avez vous" if the person you're asking is older than you and whom you don't know well.
2007-03-12 16:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Yeva 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Part of a city can be "quartier" but in Paris they usually refer to arrondisements I think.
Tu viens de quel arrondisement?
2007-03-12 16:20:44 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
de quelle partie de paris etes-vous?
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2007-03-12 16:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by Seungyong W 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋