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**Tips to remember the French word:**

– Associate “vivre” with its English cognate “vivid,” because when something is vivid, it’s full of life.
– Think of “Viva!” which is an exclamation meaning “long live” in Italian or Spanish.
– Note that “vivre” sounds similar to “revive,” which also pertains to life.

**Explanations:**

– “Vivre” is the French infinitive meaning “to live.”
– It is a regular -re verb in French.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**

– Habiter (to live in, to reside)
– Résider (to reside, to live)

**Different conjugations:**

– Infinitive: vivre (to live)
– Present tense:
– je vis (I live)
– tu vis (you live, singular informal)
– il/elle/on vit (he/she/one lives)
– nous vivons (we live)
– vous vivez (you live, plural formal)
– ils/elles vivent (they live)
– Simple past (passé simple, literary)
– je vécus (I lived)
– tu vécus (you lived, singular informal)
– il/elle/on vécut (he/she/one lived)
– nous vécûmes (we lived)
– vous vécûtes (you lived, plural formal)
– ils/elles vécurent (they lived)
– Imperfect:
– je vivais (I was living)
– tu vivais (you were living, singular informal)
– il/elle/on vivait (he/she/one was living)
– nous vivions (we were living)
– vous viviez (you were living, plural formal)
– ils/elles vivaient (they were living)
– Future:
– je vivrai (I will live)
– tu vivras (you will live, singular informal)
– il/elle/on vivra (he/she/one will live)
– nous vivrons (we will live)
– vous vivrez (you will live, plural formal)
– ils/elles vivront (they will live)
– Conditional:
– je vivrais (I would live)
– tu vivrais (you would live, singular informal)
– il/elle/on vivrait (he/she/one would live)
– nous vivrions (we would live)
– vous vivriez (you would live, plural formal)
– ils/elles vivraient (they would live)
– Subjunctive:
– que je vive (that I live)
– que tu vives (that you live, singular informal)
– qu’il/elle/on vive (that he/she/one lives)
– que nous vivions (that we live)
– que vous viviez (that you live, plural formal)
– qu’ils/elles vivent (that they live)

**Examples of sentences that use it:**

– Je veux vivre pleinement ma vie. (I want to live my life fully.)
– Nous avons vécu en France pendant cinq ans. (We lived in France for five years.)
– Si j’étais riche, je vivrais dans une grande maison. (If I were rich, I would live in a big house.)
– Il vivra une longue et heureuse vie, je l’espère. (He will live a long and happy life, I hope.)
– Les enfants apprennent à vivre ensemble à l’école. (Children learn to live together at school.)

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vivre info.

To remember the French verb “vivre,” which means “to live,” you might consider its similarity to the English word “vivid,” which is derived from the Latin “vīvidus,” stemming from “vīvere” (to live). This connection can help because something that is vivid feels very much alive. The expression “joie de vivre” (joy of living) is also used in English, demonstrating the vitality and enthusiasm for life.

Other words that mean the same thing in French are “exister” (to exist), although it’s more existential and less dynamic, and “habiter” (to dwell/inhabit), which is more about where you live rather than the act of living itself.

“Vivre” is indeed an infinitive, which is the base form of the verb. Here are some of its conjugations in different tenses:

Present tense:
– Je vis (I live)
– Tu vis (You live, singular informal)
– Il/Elle vit (He/She lives)
– Nous vivons (We live)
– Vous vivez (You live, singular formal or plural)
– Ils/Elles vivent (They live)

Imperfect past:
– Je vivais (I was living)
– Tu vivais (You were living)
– Il/Elle vivait (He/She was living)
– Nous vivions (We were living)
– Vous viviez (You were living)
– Ils/Elles vivaient (They were living)

Future simple:
– Je vivrai (I will live)
– Tu vivras (You will live)
– Il/Elle vivra (He/She will live)
– Nous vivrons (We will live)
– Vous vivrez (You will live)
– Ils/Elles vivront (They will live)

These examples show different ways to use “vivre” in sentences:

– Je veux vivre pleinement ma vie. (I want to fully live my life.)
– Nous vivions en France pendant cinq ans. (We lived in France for five years.)
– Ils vivront heureux toute leur vie. (They will live happily all their life.)

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