"The apartment building has twelve floors, but I live on the first."

Translation: L'immeuble a douze étages, mais j'habite au premier.

[Lauxkl]

Why just immeuble? Wouldn't apartment building be l'immeuble d'appartements?

[Jojo553168]

Immeuble means apartment building.

[LuckyHapsa1]

I thought immeuble meant any building. In previous lessons Duo certainly implied that.

[Gord543537]

And for those who have never stepped foot in France, the first floor is not the ground floor but the floor above it. The ground floor is 'le rez de chaussée.' In elevators/lifts, you will see RC, 1, 2, 3, etc.

[JFKprime]

same here in UK

[lathaganes]

Why au premier why not dans la premier?

[JohnGamblin]

Why not 'au premier etage'

[LynnF7]

And why isn't it le rez de chaussée

[Gord543537]

In France, the floor at ground level is called 'le rez de chaussée. Evevator/lift buttons will be marked RC. And, in France, the next floor up is called 'le premier étage' meaning 'the first floor.' In North America, however, the same floor is called ' the second floor.' And when you 'live on the sixth floor' you say, "J'habite au sixième étage." (Not 'sur le sixième éage.)

[BeauHarmon]

You've got to let us turn off the enter key for submitting answers. My phone rocked in my hand, and I hit "f" and "enter," and of course I lost a heart. I know damn well the answer's not "f."

[lisamich]

The first floor in English corresponds to the ground floor in french!

[RayAlexand11]

"L'immeuble d’habitation a douze étages, mais j'habite au premier" marked incorrect,19 February 2022. Reported.

[PeterMTenz]

Why is " sur le premier"

[PeterMTenz]

Why not "sur le premier" ?

[HaiXuanLe1]

Why "on the first one" can not use 'le premier' please help explain