# Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson 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.
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0006: How's it going?, A0047: Coffee time, A0082: My name is...
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### Audio Lesson

* SpanishPod_newbie_lesson_A0007.ogg (file info) (mp3 file)
* Title: “Where Are You From?” Dialogue only (file info)
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### Dialogue

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

### Dialogue with Translation

    mujer:¿Dedóndeeres?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| fromwhere(you) are woman:Where are you from?
    hombre:SoydePerú.¿Ytú?align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| (I) amfromPeruandyou man:I'm from Peru. And you?
    mujer:YosoydeColombia.align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| IamfromColombia woman:I'm from Colombia.
    hombre:¡Québien!align="right" valign="top" rowspan="3"| 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

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.