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Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0007

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Where Are You From? A0007 Yes, this is about the easiest way to find something to talk about: asking where people are from. Invaluable small talk strategies offered by Liliana and JP. Keywords are Perú – Peru and Colombia – Colombia. A0006: How's it going?, A0047: Coffee time, A0082: My name is... Where Are You From? A0007 A0007 dialogue {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿De dónde eres?||align="right"|A0007 line 1 |- |align="right"|hombre: || Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú?||align="right"|A0007 line 2 |- |align="right"|mujer: || Yo soy de Colombia.||align="right"|A0007 line 3 |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Qué bien!||align="right"|A0007 line 4 |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || ¿De || dónde || eres?||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0007 line 1 |- |align="right"| || from || where || (you) are |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=3| Where are you from? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || Soy || de || Perú. || ¿Y || tú? ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0007 line 2 |- |align="right"| ||(I) am || from || Peru || and || you |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=5| I'm from Peru. And you? |- |} {| |- |align="right"|mujer: || Yo || soy || de || Colombia.||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0007 line 3 |- |align="right"| || I || am || from || Colombia |- |align="right"|woman: ||colspan=4| I'm from Colombia. |- |} {| |- |align="right"|hombre: || ¡Qué || bien! ||align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"|A0007 line 4 |- |align="right"| ||how || good |- |align="right"|man: ||colspan=3| How nice! |- |} PeruColombiacevicheIncaMachu PicchuGabriel García MárquezShakira Vocabulary for Dialogue {| |- || la mujer || || the woman |- || el hombre || || the man |- || de || || from, of |- || ¿dónde? || || where? |- || ¿de dónde? || || from where? |- || ser || || to be |- || (tú) eres || || you are (informal, singular) |- || (yo) soy || || I am |- || Perú || || Peru |- || y || || and |- || tú || || you (informal, singular) |- || yo || || I |- || Colombia || || Colombia |- || ¿qué? || || how?, what? |- || bien || || well, good |- |} Vocabulary for Audio Lesson {| |- || el ceviche || || the citrus-marinated seafood salad |- || los incas || || the Incas |- || Machu Picchu || || a Inca city |- || Gabriel García Márquez || || a Colombian writer |- || Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll || || a Colombian goddess |- || hasta luego || || see you later |- |} ser to be (yo) soy I am (tú) eres you are (informal, singular) (él/ella) es he/she(/it) is (usted) es you are (formal, singular) (nosotros/-as) somos we are (m./f.) (vosotros/-as) sois you are (informal, plural, m./f.) (ellos/ellas) son they are (m./f.) (ustedes) son you are (formal, plural) ====Dialogue Translation==== Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Peru. And you? Yo soy de Colombia. I'm from Colombia. ¡Qué bien! How nice!====Dialogue Translation==== Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud. ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Peru. And you? Yo soy de Colombia. I'm from Colombia. ¡Qué bien! How nice! ====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? I'm from Peru. And you? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Colombia. Yo soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien!====Dialogue Recall==== Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud. Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? I'm from Peru. And you? Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? I'm from Colombia. Yo soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien! ====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? Where am I from? ¿De dónde soy? From Peru, from Colombia, ...? ¿De Perú, de Colombia, ...? Are you from Peru? ¿(Tú) eres de Perú? I'm from Colombia. (Yo) soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien! And you? ¿Y tú? What? ¿Qué? Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres?====Dialogue Remix==== Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish. Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? Where am I from? ¿De dónde soy? From Peru, from Colombia, ...? ¿De Perú, de Colombia, ...? Are you from Peru? ¿(Tú) eres de Perú? I'm from Colombia. (Yo) soy de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien! And you? ¿Y tú? What? ¿Qué? Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres? ====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Where are you from? (formal) ¿De dónde es (usted)? I'm from Peru. And you? (formal, plural) Soy de Perú. ¿Y ustedes? We are from Colombia. Nosotros somos de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien!====Dialogue Recast==== This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section. Where are you from? (formal) ¿De dónde es (usted)? I'm from Peru. And you? (formal, plural) Soy de Perú. ¿Y ustedes? We are from Colombia. Nosotros somos de Colombia. How nice! ¡Qué bien! A0006 A0007 A0008