Remember Me
Lesson Introduction

Everybody is from somewhere! Just telling someone where you're from can speak volumes about you; what you like to eat, how you spend your free time, who your favorite basketball team is... This newbie lesson shows us how to ask where someone is from, and how to answer, as well!

Comments (182) RSS

Avatar
fatema says

hola, me llamo fatema

soy de Egipto

November 22, 2008 from the Web.
Avatar
cutthatcity says

hanabadawy3, ¡Bienvenido a spanishpod!

The ¿ goes at the start of a sentence that is a question. It's there so that the speaker knows from the beggining that the sentence is a question and not a statement. This also applies to sentences of exclamation (¡).

November 22, 2008 from the Web.
Avatar
osam says

hola !

November 26, 2008 from the Web.
Avatar
natgrillo says

Que tal.

Tu tiennes El Salvador para tu vida eternal?

November 28, 2008 from the Web.
Avatar
jeraldina says

Please help me with the verb congugation in the expansion sentence "Soy originaria de Guatemala." It doesn't seem to match any of the forms on a verb conjugation table for originar. ¿Es esto un error?

I have a feeling that I might be developing into a grammar nerd. Soy aficionada a la gramática. ¿Es esta correcta?

Gracias por su ayuda.

March 8, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

jeraldina

without the accent i think its an adjective

March 8, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
littlemoon2612 says

Soy de Vietnam ^^

March 29, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
aabbccc21cn000 says

I have a question,

are the syllables "y" or "ll" pronounced like the "y" in the english word "you"?

sometimes i hear they're pronounced like the "j" in the english word "Jessica",

so.. i'm confused, what's the correct way to pronounce the syllables "y" and "ll"?

Thanks,

April 2, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
cobre says

aabbccc...

pronounce them either way, they are regional variations and many speakers mix and match them in conversation. You will be understood, and if you regularly communicate with a population that uses one or the other predominantly, just conform (or not)

April 3, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
krisyouxi21cn says

Oh~ I got it!

Muchas gracias!

:)

April 4, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
farehanim says
Soy de Turquia! Hola :))
July 9, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

farehanim

Hola, hace mucho que no te vemos :-)

July 9, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar Team
lilianamata says

Hola a todos! Saludos a Turquía, Egipto,Vietnam, Estados Unidos, Londres, Australia...quíen más?

 

July 14, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
andrewydk says

Me llamo Andrew. Soy de China, pero estoy en Korea ahora.

Me gusta el classe.

August 1, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
deedeewarren says

¡Hola! Soy de Florida en Los Estados Unidos.

August 3, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
maaku says

Expansion drill #14 should be "Vamos a tu casa." not ", a tu casa."

August 8, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar Team
lilianamata says

maaku

Done fixed expansion.

Thanks!

 

August 9, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
youyou55 says

hi guys please i want ask you about the you way you put the exclamation mark or interrogation marks at the begining of sentences

please  would you tell me why we do that

gracias, muchas gracias

 

August 14, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
youyou55 says

please how to say from algeria i'm a newbie

well

hola me del .....

 

August 14, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

youyou55

I believe, though this is only a theory, that it is because questions in spanish are often indicated by inflection wheras in english there is usually a change of word order that lets you know that a given phrase is a question.  I am late!  v  Am I late?  
In written spanish, because you dont have the auditory clue or the word order clue, you run the risk of reading a long sentence with the wrong expectation unless it is signalled, right up front that this is a question/exclamation. e.g.

es muy importante que siempre se use signos de puntuación correctos en specifico que no se olvide indicar al principio si una oración es una pregunta o un mandato? 

if you read the above thinking it was a statement then hit the question mark at the end you have to stop and rethink the whole thing which is slow and annoying.

 

Soy de argelia    or     Soy argelino or argelina (if f emale)

Im from Algeria   or    Im Algerian

 

August 14, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
youyou55 says

thanks a lot for your help

i was persuaded by your theory  i beleive you're write

thanks again

muchas gracias

August 15, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
evandar says

Yo soy Evandar, soy de Fredrikstad, en Noruega. Y ahora, voy a [check out] las páginas de Dialogue y Vocabulary.

Please complete my sentence, someone. +_+

September 10, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

evander

investigar? explorar? examinar? estudiar? :-)

queda a su elección (gracias yenny)

September 10, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
evandar says

Gracias, donperigo. With a little more thinking, I should've come up with something. :D

September 11, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

evander

its very easy to get locked into the sentence you want to say, i suffer from it a lot , i think the trick is that unless the words come readily to mind just ditch the idea and try to come at it a different way or you will lock up.

actually thinking about it now perhaps you could even have used checar :-)

September 11, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
evandar says

Ah, yes, "checar" would be the closest to "check out", wouldn't it. So many words to choose from, though. And your suggestion as to how to not lock up is a sound one.

September 12, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
donperigo says

then again, id probably go with investigar because as i understand it checar implies measurement or verification which isnt the meaning of "check out" that  i had in mind.

September 12, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
hypersport says

echarle un vistazo / echar un vistazo.   

To take a look at something or to check out.

September 12, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
anna8 says

yeah Hypersport, I like that too -- echarle un vistazo/cast a glance.

September 12, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar Team
marco_m says

@hypersport 

Darle un vistazo is probably the closest way of saying "check out"

Great job!

MM

September 12, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
evandar says

Aaj, muchas gracias, todos, por la ayuda. I guess I'll commit "darle un vistazo" to memory.

September 14, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
kelumkodituwakku says

Hola, Como te wa ?

Yo soy Kelum,  soy de Sri Lanka.......!

It is a beautiful small island in south Asia.

September 26, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
evandar says

Bienvenidos, kelumkodituwakku. By the way, it's "¿cómo te va?", in case you don't mind me correcting you.  :) Hope you'll like it here!

September 28, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar Team
lilianamata says

Hola Kelum

Bienvenido y saludos a Sri Lanka!

September 29, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
northkirra says
Hola a todos,
Soy de Queensland en Australia, donde siempre brilla (shines) el sol y el brillo (sparkels) playas.
where always shines the sun?? The order is going to take some getting used to.
September 30, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
marcobestgen says

Hola, soy de Belgica asi que soy belga.  Naci en una pequeñita ciudad en la frontiera con el Luxemburg. Ahora vivo en Bruselas pero cuando puedo voy a Tenerife porque las olas, asi que España is mas y mas mi secundo pais.

November 2, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
jayjay36 says

¡Hola! Soy de Nueva York en Los Estados Unidos.

November 4, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar Team
yennyhernandez09 says

jayjay36

¡Bienvenido a Spanishpod! ¡Aquí te sentirás como en casa!

November 4, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
northkirra says

Hola jayjay36.

Donde vive usted en Nueva York? Yo vivía en Brooklyn por tres años (en los últimos 90's). Fantástica ciudad.
Bienvenido
November 5, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
jayjay36 says

Hola Yenny!  Gracias!

November 5, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
jayjay36 says

Hola northkirra,

Tengo una casa in Rye, NY (mi casa de verano) y una otra casa in Connecticutt.

November 5, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
northkirra says

Ooops.

To write 'the late 90's', should that have been:

'finales de los 90's' and not 'los últimos'. 

??

November 5, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
cdowis says

Yo nací en Georgia y actualmente estoy viviendo ahí .  Pero he viviedo también en Alemania, Utah y Brooklyn.  Desde hace muchos años he recorrido los Estados de Unidos.

(corrections welcome)

November 20, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
rodneyp says

cdowis,

En cual cuidad vives?  Tambien vivo en Georgia, solo unos minutos desde Atlanta.

November 21, 2009 from the Web.
Avatar
lifewithjades says

Buenos Dias,

Me llamo es Jade y yo soy Austin, Texas.

English time :0)

I'm fullfilling a life long dream and currently, at least until April, living in Mexic City. Me gusta Mexico!

Learning Spanish is another life long dream....practice practice practive.

 

Besos

February 15, 2010 from the Web.
Avatar Team
lilianamata says

Jade

Saludos a México! ¿En qué parte de México vives?

Welcome to SpanishPod!

February 15, 2010 from the Web.
Avatar
lifewithjades says

Hola Linana,

Gracias.

Me centro, cerca de Coyoacán. Me encanta aquí .... mi calle exacta es Diagonal San Antonio, sabes que? Estoy muy contento de ser parte de español Pod. ¿Algún consejo para el aprendizaje de un languuage nuevo?

 

Besos

February 16, 2010 from the Web.
Avatar Team
lilianamata says

Jade

La mejor manera de aprender un idioma es practicarlo diario! Escucha las lecciones y después usa lo que aprendas.

Me gusta mucho Coyoacán. Ya fuiste a la Casa Azul?

February 20, 2010 from the Web.

Not sure if your comment is appropriate Check our Commenting Policy first.

New lesson idea? Please let us know on our contact page.

This is a Paid Feature

This feature is only available to paid subscribers. SpanishPod offers 3 paid subscription types.

Basic Starting from $5 per month
Premium Starting from $17 per month
Praxis Starting from $23 per month

To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.

This is a Premium Feature

This feature is only available to Premium and Praxis subscribers.

Premium Starting from $29 per month
Praxis Starting from $39 per month

To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.