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Moi, je travaille à la maison.

Moi, je travaille à la maison.
As for me, I work at home.
From Lesson 17:Regular -er verbs singular (je parle, tu parles, il parle)·French

Questions & Answers about Moi, je travaille à la maison.

Why does this sentence say "Moi, je"? Isn't that like saying "Me, I"?
Exactly! In French, it is very common to use a stress pronoun like moi (me) before the subject pronoun je (I) to emphasize who is doing the action. It translates smoothly as "As for me, I..." or just a heavily emphasized "I..." in English.
How do we form the verb "travaille"?
The dictionary form of the verb is travailler (to work), which is a regular -er verb. To use it with je (I), you drop the -er from the end to get the stem (travaill-), and then add the specific ending for je, which is -e.
Is the -e at the end of "travaille" pronounced?
No, the -e ending for the je form of regular -er verbs is silent. You stop pronouncing at the double L (which sounds like an English "y"). It sounds like "tra-vaiy".
Does "travaille" mean "travel"?
No, this is a classic false friend! Travailler means "to work". If you want to say "to travel", you would use the verb voyager.
Why is it "à la maison" and not just "à maison" for "at home"?
In French, nouns almost always need an article (like "the" or "a") in front of them, even when English doesn't use one. À means "at", and la is "the" for feminine words like maison (house). So literally, you are saying "at the house".

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