To say where you are from in Spanish, you use (Yo) soy de + [city/country/region]. Read and listen to these examples:
Yo soy de Barcelona.
I am from Barcelona.
Soy de Argentina.
I am from Argentina.
To ask where are you from? you can use either the informal tú form (eres), or the formal usted form (es).
¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from? [informal]
¿De dónde es usted?
Where are you from? [formal]
In Spanish, you can omit the pronoun yo (I) and use the verb on its own, e.g. Soy de Madrid.
GRAMMAR: Yo soy is the first person singular of the verb
ser in
El Presente =
I am.
Soy de Argentina.
I am from Argentina.
¿De dónde es usted?
Where are you from? [formal]
¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from? [informal]
Yo soy de Barcelona.
I am from Barcelona.
Vernon
Kwiziq community member
12 August 2018
1 reply
Do you have to use "usted"
It appears that the word tú is dropped from the phrase ¿De dónde eres? Can you also drop usted and just say ¿De dónde es?Silvia
Kwiziq language super star
12 August 2018
12/08/18