Learn French: Mon frère vit avec moi et il reçoit une bourse. - My brother lives with me and he receives a grant.

Vit is the il/elle/on form of the irregular verb vivre. In the present tense, the singular forms drop the second v from the stem: je vis, tu vis, il vit. The v only comes back in the plural forms (like nous vivons).

Why does reçoit have a cedilla (ç) under the c?

Reçoit comes from the irregular verb recevoir (to receive). The cedilla is added to force a soft 's' sound before the letter o. Without it, the c would be pronounced with a hard 'k' sound.

Why is 'me' translated as moi and not me?

In French, you must use a stressed pronoun (like moi, toi, or lui) whenever it comes right after a preposition like avec (with), pour (for), or sans (without). So, 'with me' is always avec moi.

Doesn't une bourse usually mean a purse?

Yes, une bourse originally means a small purse for money. However, in an educational context, it translates to a 'grant' or 'scholarship' (think of it as a purse of money given to help with studies). It is also the French word for the Stock Exchange!