# A0007: Where Are You From?
### Introduction

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.
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### Dialogue

    mujer:¿De dónde eres? hombre:Soy de Perú. ¿Y tú? mujer:Yo soy de Colombia. hombre:¡Qué bien!

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Dedóndeeres? fromwhere(you) are woman:Where are you from?
    hombre:SoydePerú.¿Ytú? (I) amfromPeruandyou man:I'm from Peru. And you?
    mujer:YosoydeColombia. IamfromColombia woman:I'm from Colombia.
    hombre:¡Québien! howgood man:How nice!

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    la mujernoun (feminine)the woman el hombrenoun (masculine)the man deprepositionfrom, of ¿dónde?adverbwhere? ¿de dónde?adverbfrom where? serverb (infinitive)to be (tú) eresverb (present tense)you are (informal, singular) (yo) soyverb (present tense)I am Perúnoun (masculine)Peru yconjunctionand túsubject pronounyou (informal, singular) yosubject pronounI Colombianoun (feminine)Colombia ¿qué?adverbhow?, what? bienadverbwell, good

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    el cevichenoun (masculine)the citrus-marinated seafood salad los incasnoun (plural, masculine)the Incas Machu Picchunoun (masculine)a Inca city Gabriel García Márqueznoun (masculine)a Colombian writer Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripollnoun (feminine)a Colombian goddess hasta luegophrasesee you later

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | 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) |

### Exercises
#### 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 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!