# A0004: She's not Mexican
### Introduction

Talking about others can be a lot of fun. To get started, JP and Liliana show us how to talk about the nationality of someone. Keywords are ¿Cómo se llama? – What's his/her name?, mexicana – Mexican (woman/girl), and guatemalteca – Guatemalan (woman/girl).
* related SpanishPod lessons: A0008: How do you say ...?, A0082: My name is..., A0102: Where is the restroom?
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### Dialogue

    hombre:¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? mujer:Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. hombre:¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? mujer:De Antigua.

### Dialogue with Translation

    hombre:¿Cómosellamatuamigamexicana? howherself(she) callsyourfriendMexican man:How does your Mexican friend call herself?
    mujer:SellamaTatiana.Peronoesmexicana.Esguatemalteca. herself(she) callsTatianabutnot(she) isMexican(she) isGuatemalan woman:She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan.
    hombre:¿De verdad?¿DequépartedeGuatemala? reallyfromwhatpartofGuatemala man:Really? From what part of Guatemala?
    mujer:DeAntigua. fromAntigua woman:From Antigua.

### Vocabulary for Dialogue

    el hombrenoun (masculine)the man la mujernoun (feminine)the woman ¿cómo?adverbhow? sereflexive pronounhimself/herself/itself llamarseverb (infinitive)to call oneself, to be called (élla) se llamaverb (present tense)she calls herself, she is called, her name is tupossessive adjectiveyour (informal, singular) la amiganoun (feminine)the friend el amigonoun (masculine)the friend mexicano/mexicanaadjective (m./f.)Mexican Tatiananoun (feminine)Tatiana peroconjunctionbut noadverbnot serverb (infinitive)to be (él/ella) esverb (present tense)he/she(/it) is guatemalteco/guatemaltecaadjective (m./f.)Guatemalan de verdadphrasereally deprepositionfrom, of ¿qué?interrogative pronounwhat?, which? la partenoun (feminine)the part Guatemalanoun (feminine)Guatemala Antiguanoun (feminine)Antigua

### Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

    (tú) te llamasverb (present tense)you call yourself, your name is (informal, singular) ¿Cómo te llamas?phraseHow do you call yourself? What is your name? Volcán de Aguanoun (masculine)Volcán de Agua (Volcano of Water) panameño/panameñaadjective (m./f.)Panamanian colombiano/colombianaadjective (m./f.)Colombian brasileño/brasileñaadjective (m./f.)Brazilian americano/americanaadjective (m./f.)American estadounidenseadjective (m./f.)(US) American

### More Vocabulary

This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| me | reflexive pronoun | myself |
| te | | yourself (informal, singular) |
| se | | himself/herself(/itself) |
| se | | yourself (formal, singular) |
| nos | | ourselves, each other |
| os | | yourselves, each other (informal, plural) |
| se | | themselves, each other |
| se | | yourselves, each other (formal, plural) |
| llamarse | verb (infinitive) | to call oneself, to be called |
| (yo) me llamo | verb (present tense) | I call myself |
| (tú) te llamas | | you call yourself (informal, singular) |
| (él/ella) se llama | | he/she(/it) calls himself/herself(/itself) |
| (usted) se llama | | you call yourself (formal, singular) |
| (nosotros/-as) nos llamamos | | we call ourselves (m./f.) |
| (vosotros/-as) os llamáis | | you call yourselves (informal, plural, m./f.) |
| (ellos/ellas) se llaman | | they call themselves (m./f.) |
| (ustedes) se llaman | | you call yourselves (formal, plural) |
| mi | possessive adjective | my |
| mis | poss. adjective (plural) | my |
| tu | possessive adjective | your (informal, singular) |
| tus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (informal, singular) |
| su | possessive adjective | his/her(/its)/their |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | his/her(/its)/their |
| su | possessive adjective | your (formal) |
| sus | poss. adjective (plural) | your (formal) |
| nuestro/nuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | our |
| nuestros/nuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | our |
| vuestro/vuestra | poss. adjective (m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| vuestros/vuestras | poss. adj. (plural, m./f.) | your (informal, plural) |
| 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.
    ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? How does your Mexican friend call herself? Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. She calls herself Tatiana. But she is not Mexcian. She is Guatemalan. ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? Really? From what part of Guatemala? De Antigua. From Antigua.

#### Dialogue Recall

Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
    What's the name of your Mexican friend? ¿Cómo se llama tu amiga mexicana? Her name is Tatiana. But she isn't Mexican. She is Guatemalan. Se llama Tatiana. Pero no es mexicana. Es guatemalteca. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.

#### Dialogue Remix

Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
    What's the name of your friend (masculine)? ¿Cómo se llama tu amigo? My friend? ¿Mi amigo? Your friend from Guatemala. Tu amigo de Guatemala. He's not Guatemalan. No es guatemalteco. Really? Is he Panamanian? ¿De verdad? ¿Es panameño? No, he's not Panamanian. No, no es panameño. He is Colombian, isn't he? Es colombiano, ¿no? No, he's not Colombian. No, no es colombiano. Is he from Mexico? ¿Es de México? No, he's not Mexican. No, no es mexicano. But from which part of America is he? ¿Pero de qué parte de América es? He is US American. Es estadounidense. Really? What's his name? ¿De verdad? ¿Cómo se llama? His name is John. Se llama John.

#### Dialogue Recast

This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
    What's the name of your Mexican friends? (formal) ¿Cómo se llaman sus amigos mexicanos/amigas mexicanas? Their names are Tatiana, ... But they aren't Mexican. They are Guatemalan. Se llaman Tatiana, ... Pero no son mexicanos/mexicanas. Son guatemaltecas/guatemaltecos. Really? From which part of Guatemala? ¿De verdad? ¿De qué parte de Guatemala? From Antigua. De Antigua.

### Image Credits

* “Image:Antigua Santa Catalina 2008 06.JPG” by Raymond Ostertag (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License)