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Lesson-1-010 Study Guide

Part 1: ‘¿De dónde eres tú ?’ and ‘¿De dónde es usted?’

informal formal
¿De dónde eres tú ? ¿De dónde es usted?

[Where are you from?] [Where are you from?]

Part 2: ‘¿De dónde es él ?’ and ‘¿De dónde es ella?’

¿De donde es él? (Where is he from?)

Él es de Colombia. (He is from Colombia.)

¿De dónde es ella? (Where is she from?)

Ella es de Inglaterra. (She is from England.)

We use the verb 'ser' to ask the question 'Where are you/he/she from?'? We also use the verb
'ser' to answer this question. 'I am from...'

Ser (to be) (just one of two 'to be' verbs in Spanish)
Yo soy Nosotros somos
Tú eres
Él / Ella / Usted es Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes son

Vocabulary
Countries
Gran Bretaña = Great Britain
Perú = Peru
Estados Unidos = United States
Canadá = Canada
Venezuela = Venezuela
Colombia = Colombia
Inglaterra = England
España = Spain
Francia = France
México = Mexico
Part 3: Exercises
Translate the following to Spanish.

1: Where are you from? (talking to an older stranger).

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2: Where are you from? (talking to a group of strangers).

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3: She is from England.

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4: They are from France.

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5: They are from the United States. (a group of women)

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6: I am from _____________. (fill in the blank with your country)

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7: You are from Bogota. (use the informal 'you')

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