How to Say “Where do you live?” in Japanese

How do you say “Where do you live?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

Where do you live?

どこに住んでるの?

 dokoni sunderuno*

*”住んでるの (sunderuno)” often becomes “住んでんの (sundenno)” in everyday conversation.

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

どこに住んでるんですか?

 dokoni sunderun desuka

Pronunciation

  • where? = どこに? dokoni
  • you = あなたは* anatawa
  • live = 住んでるの sunderuno

*We do not usually use “あなたは (anatawa)” in spoken language.


どこに
where

住んでるの
live