Learn French: Vivez-vous toujours à Paris pendant la tournée ? - Do you still live in Paris during the tour?

Vivez-vous toujours à Paris pendant la tournée ?

Do you still live in Paris during the tour?

Breakdown of Vivez-vous toujours à Paris pendant la tournée ?

at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)

Paris

Questions & Answers about Vivez-vous toujours à Paris pendant la tournée ?

Why is it Vivez-vous instead of Est-ce que vous vivez?

This sentence uses subject-verb inversion, which is a formal way to ask questions in French. You simply swap the verb (vivez) and the pronoun subject (vous), and connect them with a hyphen.

I thought toujours meant 'always'. Why is it translated as 'still' here?

Toujours is a very common word that can mean either 'always' or 'still', depending on the context. Here, asking if someone 'still' lives in Paris during the tour makes the most logical sense.

Why do we use à Paris for 'in Paris' rather than dans Paris or en Paris?

In French, you almost always use the preposition à to say 'in', 'to', or 'at' a specific city. The word en is mainly used for feminine countries, and dans is used to emphasize being physically inside an enclosed space.

Does la tournée refer to a tourist trip or vacation?

No, une tournée specifically refers to a performance tour, like a band traveling for concerts, a theater troupe, or a professional route. For a tourist trip, you would use words like un voyage or une visite.