Thom 🌈

[haughty bloom]

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[spark owl]

To me they're pretty much equivalents.
They both indicate that your place of origin is Paris. Just two different ways to word it.

[lethal lichen]

I read a post saying that "être de" is mainly used with cities and that it sounds weird with countries. Do you agree with this?

[frank brook]

Is one used more regularly or more normal? Or is it personal preference? The first way I learned was "Je viens de Paris" so this other way is weird and new to me

[spark owl]

I'd say that "je suis de Paris" sounds a bit more casual than "je viens de Paris", but honestly both sound very natural.

[spark owl]

I would agree with that, yes. It does sound a bit more strange to use "être de" with countries.

[frank brook]

Merci beaucoup