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En ce moment, nous habitons à Paris.

En ce moment, nous habitons à Paris.
At the moment, we live in Paris.
From Lesson 98:Ongoing duration (depuis)·French

Breakdown of En ce moment, nous habitons à Paris.

habiter
to live
Paris
Paris
en ce moment
at the moment

Questions & Answers about En ce moment, nous habitons à Paris.

Why doesn't this sentence use depuis to talk about living in Paris?
The phrase en ce moment means 'at the moment' or 'currently'. It just tells us what is happening right now. You would only use depuis if you wanted to say how long you have been living there, for example: Nous habitons à Paris depuis un an (We have been living in Paris for a year).
Does nous habitons mean 'we live' or 'we are living'?
It can mean both! French does not have a separate tense for actions happening right now like English does. Because the sentence starts with en ce moment, translating it as 'we are living in Paris' is also perfectly correct and often sounds more natural in English.
Why do we use à before Paris?
In French, the preposition à is always used before the name of a city to mean 'in' or 'at'. You would only use en or au before countries and broader regions, but cities always take à.
Is there a spoken connection between nous and habitons?
Yes, there is a required liaison. Because habitons starts with a silent 'h', the 's' at the end of nous is pronounced like a 'z' and connects directly to the vowel sound, making it sound like 'noo-zah-bee-tohn'.

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