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          Maison is not only used for the building but is also used to refer to the place where you live.



          Je suis à la maison. → I'm at home.



          We can also use chez moi/ chez toi /chez nous etc.



          Il est chez lui → He's at home.



          But in the case of your sentence what is really meant is "when will you be back home?" so we would use neither.




          • Quand vas-tu rentrer ? /Quand rentres-tu ?

          would probably be what most people say.






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          • Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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          There is a humourous, playful way to refer to the home and it is also used to mean « home » in the sense of « home country ». That's the word "bercail" which has, among others, religious connotations. However it is a colloquial term and is not naturally used in a formal sentence.



          • Quand tu rentres au bercail ?

          • Quand rentres-tu au bercail ? (not likely)





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          • +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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          • @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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          For your specific example, the most colloquial and natural way would be, to me:




          Tu rentres quand (à la maison) ?




          It works if she's gone for days abroad and you don't know if she comes back soon, it works if she has left for 5 minutes and is already on her way back home.



          If I'm already at home and I know she's on her way back, maybe I'd say:




          Tu arrives quand ?




          If I had a wife, that is.



          Note that "maison" in such a case refers to the place you live, wether it's a house, an apartment, a car, it could even be a country so yeah it's "home".






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            Maison is not only used for the building but is also used to refer to the place where you live.



            Je suis à la maison. → I'm at home.



            We can also use chez moi/ chez toi /chez nous etc.



            Il est chez lui → He's at home.



            But in the case of your sentence what is really meant is "when will you be back home?" so we would use neither.




            • Quand vas-tu rentrer ? /Quand rentres-tu ?

            would probably be what most people say.






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            • Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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            Maison is not only used for the building but is also used to refer to the place where you live.



            Je suis à la maison. → I'm at home.



            We can also use chez moi/ chez toi /chez nous etc.



            Il est chez lui → He's at home.



            But in the case of your sentence what is really meant is "when will you be back home?" so we would use neither.




            • Quand vas-tu rentrer ? /Quand rentres-tu ?

            would probably be what most people say.






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            • Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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            Maison is not only used for the building but is also used to refer to the place where you live.



            Je suis à la maison. → I'm at home.



            We can also use chez moi/ chez toi /chez nous etc.



            Il est chez lui → He's at home.



            But in the case of your sentence what is really meant is "when will you be back home?" so we would use neither.




            • Quand vas-tu rentrer ? /Quand rentres-tu ?

            would probably be what most people say.






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            Maison is not only used for the building but is also used to refer to the place where you live.



            Je suis à la maison. → I'm at home.



            We can also use chez moi/ chez toi /chez nous etc.



            Il est chez lui → He's at home.



            But in the case of your sentence what is really meant is "when will you be back home?" so we would use neither.




            • Quand vas-tu rentrer ? /Quand rentres-tu ?

            would probably be what most people say.







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            • Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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            • Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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            Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

            – aCOSwt
            5 hours ago





            Dans un contexte peut-être un peu plus formel, on a aussi le domicile avec lequel certains amateurs de musique jouaient pour, sur leur portail, écrire les notes : do, mi, si, la, do, ré.

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            Complément non essentiel aux autres réponses, qui traitent les possibilités principales



            There is a humourous, playful way to refer to the home and it is also used to mean « home » in the sense of « home country ». That's the word "bercail" which has, among others, religious connotations. However it is a colloquial term and is not naturally used in a formal sentence.



            • Quand tu rentres au bercail ?

            • Quand rentres-tu au bercail ? (not likely)





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            • +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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            • @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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            Complément non essentiel aux autres réponses, qui traitent les possibilités principales



            There is a humourous, playful way to refer to the home and it is also used to mean « home » in the sense of « home country ». That's the word "bercail" which has, among others, religious connotations. However it is a colloquial term and is not naturally used in a formal sentence.



            • Quand tu rentres au bercail ?

            • Quand rentres-tu au bercail ? (not likely)





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            • +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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            • @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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            Complément non essentiel aux autres réponses, qui traitent les possibilités principales



            There is a humourous, playful way to refer to the home and it is also used to mean « home » in the sense of « home country ». That's the word "bercail" which has, among others, religious connotations. However it is a colloquial term and is not naturally used in a formal sentence.



            • Quand tu rentres au bercail ?

            • Quand rentres-tu au bercail ? (not likely)





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            Complément non essentiel aux autres réponses, qui traitent les possibilités principales



            There is a humourous, playful way to refer to the home and it is also used to mean « home » in the sense of « home country ». That's the word "bercail" which has, among others, religious connotations. However it is a colloquial term and is not naturally used in a formal sentence.



            • Quand tu rentres au bercail ?

            • Quand rentres-tu au bercail ? (not likely)






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            • +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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            • @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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            • +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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            • @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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            +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

            – aCOSwt
            5 hours ago






            +1 pour le bercail qui est précisément celui auquel je pensais bien que... j'ai toujours préféré rentrer dans mes pénates qui, pour ne l'avoir jamais entendu, dans ce sens, que dans une région précise est possiblement régional. Mon passé estudiantin m'en voudrait tout autant d'oublier la thurne qui fut mon chez-moi le temps de... cuber!

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            @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

            – LPH
            5 hours ago





            @aCOSwt Non, pas du tout régional : B. Fam. ou plais. Maison où l'on habite. Synon. foyer, habitation, domicile. Regagner ses pénates. La thurne, je crois, est dans une certaine partie des cas au moins limitée à une seule pièce (chambre) : Chambre d'internat, généralement occupée par deux élèves; pièce réservée à l'étude ; cependant, la seule orthographe du TLFi est « turne ».

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            For your specific example, the most colloquial and natural way would be, to me:




            Tu rentres quand (à la maison) ?




            It works if she's gone for days abroad and you don't know if she comes back soon, it works if she has left for 5 minutes and is already on her way back home.



            If I'm already at home and I know she's on her way back, maybe I'd say:




            Tu arrives quand ?




            If I had a wife, that is.



            Note that "maison" in such a case refers to the place you live, wether it's a house, an apartment, a car, it could even be a country so yeah it's "home".






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              For your specific example, the most colloquial and natural way would be, to me:




              Tu rentres quand (à la maison) ?




              It works if she's gone for days abroad and you don't know if she comes back soon, it works if she has left for 5 minutes and is already on her way back home.



              If I'm already at home and I know she's on her way back, maybe I'd say:




              Tu arrives quand ?




              If I had a wife, that is.



              Note that "maison" in such a case refers to the place you live, wether it's a house, an apartment, a car, it could even be a country so yeah it's "home".






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                For your specific example, the most colloquial and natural way would be, to me:




                Tu rentres quand (à la maison) ?




                It works if she's gone for days abroad and you don't know if she comes back soon, it works if she has left for 5 minutes and is already on her way back home.



                If I'm already at home and I know she's on her way back, maybe I'd say:




                Tu arrives quand ?




                If I had a wife, that is.



                Note that "maison" in such a case refers to the place you live, wether it's a house, an apartment, a car, it could even be a country so yeah it's "home".






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                For your specific example, the most colloquial and natural way would be, to me:




                Tu rentres quand (à la maison) ?




                It works if she's gone for days abroad and you don't know if she comes back soon, it works if she has left for 5 minutes and is already on her way back home.



                If I'm already at home and I know she's on her way back, maybe I'd say:




                Tu arrives quand ?




                If I had a wife, that is.



                Note that "maison" in such a case refers to the place you live, wether it's a house, an apartment, a car, it could even be a country so yeah it's "home".







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