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Elle habite dans une ville, mais moi, j'habite ici.

Elle habite dans une ville, mais moi, j'habite ici.
She lives in a city, but I live here.
From Lesson 17:Regular -er verbs singular (je parle, tu parles, il parle)·French

Breakdown of Elle habite dans une ville, mais moi, j'habite ici.

je
I
elle
she
ici
here
mais
but
dans
in, inside
moi
me
la ville
the city / the town
habiter
to live

Questions & Answers about Elle habite dans une ville, mais moi, j'habite ici.

Why do both elle habite and j'habite end in just an "e"? Shouldn't the "I" and "she" forms be different?
For regular verbs ending in -er (like habiter), the je, il, and elle forms all end in -e. So j'habite (I live) and elle habite (she lives) are spelled and pronounced exactly the same!
Why is it written as j'habite instead of je habite?
The French h is usually silent, which means the word sounds like it starts with a vowel (an "ah" sound). When je comes before a vowel sound, it drops its e and attaches to the next word with an apostrophe.
Why does the sentence say moi, j'habite? Isn't j' already "I"?
Yes, j' means "I". The word moi (me) is added here for emphasis to show a contrast. It's the French way of saying "but as for me, I live here" or "but I live here" with a heavy stress on the "I".
Why is it une ville instead of un ville?
In French, all nouns have a gender. The word for city (ville) is feminine, so it must be used with the feminine word for "a" or "an", which is une.

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