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Elle vit une vie heureuse.

Elle vit une vie heureuse.
She lives a happy life.
From Lesson 91:High-frequency irregular verbs (vivre, recevoir)·French

Questions & Answers about Elle vit une vie heureuse.

Is vit conjugated like a regular -ir verb?
No, vivre (to live) is highly irregular! While it ends in -it here, the pattern is different. You drop the -vre and add an -s or -t for the singular forms: je vis, tu vis, and elle/il/on vit. The plural forms shift to a 'v' sound: nous vivons, vous vivez, and ils/elles vivent.
Why is it heureuse instead of heureux?
Adjectives in French must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because une vie (a life) is a feminine noun, the adjective must be feminine too. For masculine adjectives ending in -eux (like heureux), the feminine form changes to -euse, making it heureuse.
Why does the adjective heureuse come after vie?
In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun they describe, which is the opposite of English. Only a small group of common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size (often remembered as the BAGS rule) come before the noun. Since heureuse (happy) doesn't fit that special group, it follows une vie.
Is vit related to the word vite (fast)?
They look similar, but they are completely different words! Vit is the verb vivre (to live). Vite is an adverb meaning 'fast' or 'quickly'. You can also hear a clear difference when speaking: the 't' in vit is completely silent, while the 't' in vite is pronounced.

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