How to Say “I live in (country / city).” in Japanese

How do you say “I live in Tokyo.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I live in (country / city).

(country / city) に住んでます。

 ni sundemasu

  • I = わたしは* watashiwa
  • live = 住んでいます** sundeimasu
  • in = に ni

*We do not usually use “わたしは (watashiwa)” in spoken language.

**”住んでいます (sundeimasu)” often becomes “住んでます (sundemasu)” in everyday conversation.

When you want to say “I live in _ .”, put the place where you live just before “に (ni)”.

For example, if you live in Tokyo, you can say like this :

東京に住んでます。

 toukyou*** ni sundemasu

***We do not clearly pronounce the vowels in the middle and at the end of a word. We pronounce “toukyou” like “tōkyō”.


東京
Tokyo


in

住んでます
live


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