Usage Note
Vivre covers being alive and the way one lives, feeding the warm cheer Vive la France and the noun la vie. The phrase savoir-vivre names good manners and the art of living well, a quality the French prize, while vivre sa vie means to live life on one's own terms.
Examples
"Ils vivent à Paris."
Natural Translation
They live in Paris.
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