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How to Say ‘Are you the new neighbor?’ in French

Vous êtes le nouveau voisin ?

voo et luh noo-VOH vwah-ZAN

[voo et luh noo-VOH vwah-ZAN]

💬 Usage Tip: This is an ordinary statement turned into a question just by raising your voice at the end. You can do the same with almost any sentence, like Vous êtes français ? "Are you French?"

Phrase Breakdown

Vous êtes

voo et

You are

This is the formal or plural 'you are'. Link the 's' of 'vous' to 'êtes' with a liaison: 'voo-ZET'.

Example

Vous êtes français ?

Are you French?

Words in this phrase

Vous

[voo]

you

Used to refer to the person or people being addressed.

Example

Vous aimez le film?

Do you like the movie?

êtes

[et]

are

Second person singular/plural form of 'to be'.

Example

Vous êtes ici.

You are here.

le nouveau voisin ?

luh noo-VOH vwah-ZAN

the new neighbor?

Keep the article with its noun. Let your voice rise at the end to make it a question.

Example

C'est le nouveau voisin ?

Is that the new neighbor?

Words in this phrase

le

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

nouveau

[noo-VOH]

new

An adjective describing something recent or different from before.

Example

Un nouveau poste dans ce secteur serait intéressant pour moi.

A new position in this sector would be interesting for me.

voisin

[vwah-ZAN]

neighbor

A masculine noun for a man or person who lives next door or nearby; feminine is 'voisine'.

Example

Mon voisin est très sympathique.

My neighbor is very nice.

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