Present of viure

Level 2

Viure (to live) is irregular in the present: vivi, vives, viu, vivèm, vivètz, vivon.

How It Works

Viure means to live. Its stem has a v in most forms, and the third person singular is viu.

Whoviure
ieuvivi
tuvives
el, elaviu
nosautresvivèm
vosautresvivètz
eles, elasvivon

For where you live, demorar is the first verb you learn: Demòri a Tolosa. Viure also works with a place, as in Vivèm en França, and it also means to be alive: Mon paire viu encara (My father is still alive).

The pattern is the same as beure: bevi, beves, beu.

Examples (5)

  1. Vivèm en França.

    We live in France.

    Vivèm: the stress is on the ending.

  2. Maria viu a Tolosa.

    Maria lives in Toulouse.

    Viu: the third person has no ending.

  3. Vivon amb lor maire.

    They live with their mother.

    Vivon: the plural.

  4. Vivi plan.

    I live well.

    Vivi: the first person ends in -i.

  5. Vives sol?

    Do you live alone?

    Vives: the tu form.

Common Mistakes

  • Adding a consonant to the third person

    Maria viv a Tolosa.
    Maria viu a Tolosa.

    The third person singular is viu, with no v.

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Present of viureLevel 2

Learn This First

Viure is an irregular -re verb, so the -re present comes first.

Words in This Pattern

viure