Where are you from?
De dónde means from where; eres is the informal you form of ser.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 5 · SPANISH
Spanish: Where are you from?
Learn to use where are you from? in a practical conversation and understand a natural reply.
Informal · getting acquainted. Learn the meaning, listen to the pronunciation, then practise in the interactive lesson.
Practise this lessonOpening vocabulary referenceUseful Spanish phrases and their meanings
I am from England.
Soy de introduces your origin. Change Inglaterra to your own country.
Where do you live?
Dónde means where; vives is informal singular you live.
I live in Madrid.
Vivo means I live; en means in. Use the same pattern with another town.
How the sentence works
Ser gives origin: soy de Inglaterra. Vivir means to live; vivo is I live and vives is you live. De means from and en means in. Madrid does not need an article in vivo en Madrid.
A short conversation in Spanish
Where are you from?
I am from England. And you?
I am from Spain. I live in Madrid.
Words to recognise
where
from / of
England
Spain
Listen to the whole phrase before focusing on each word. You can replay as often as you like, and the interactive lesson uses pictures and a short exchange to put the meaning in context.
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