LESSON NOTES

Beginner #2
Where are you from?

CONTENTS
2 Formal Spanish
2 English
2 Informal Spanish
3 English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 FORMAL SPANISH

1. LUCÍA: ¡Buenas tardes, señor! Me llamo Lucía.

2. MARCOS: ¡Buenas tardes, Lucía! Soy Marcos.

3. LUCÍA: Es un gusto.

4. MARCOS: Encantado.

5. LUCÍA: ¿De dónde es usted?

6. MARCOS: Yo soy de Argentina.

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ENGLISH

1. LUCÍA: Good afternoon, Sir. My name is Lucía.

2. MARCOS: Good afternoon, Lucía. I am Marcos.

3. LUCÍA: It is a pleasure.

4. MARCOS: Delighted.

5. LUCÍA: Where are you from, Sir?

6. MARCOS: I am from Argentina.

INFORMAL SPANISH

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1. LUCÍA: ¡Hola! Me llamo Lucía.

2. MARCOS: ¡Buenas tardes, Lucía! Soy Marcos.

3. LUCÍA: Es un gusto.

4. MARCOS: Encantado.

5. LUCÍA: ¿De dónde eres tú?

6. MARCOS: Yo soy de Argentina.

ENGLISH

1. LUCÍA: Hi. My name is Lucía.

2. MARCOS: Good afternoon, Lucía. I'm Marcos.

3. LUCÍA: It's a pleasure.

4. MARCOS: Delighted.

5. LUCÍA: Where are ya' from?

6. MARCOS: I'm from Argentina.

VOCABULARY

S panish English C lass Ge nde r

señor Sir, Mr., gentleman noun masculine

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 señora Ma'am, Mrs., lady noun feminine

afternoon, evening,
tarde late adjective feminine

encantado enchanted, delighted adjective masculine

ser to be verb

gusto pleasure noun masculine

interrogative
de dónde from where adverbial phrase

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Aquel señor. Servido señor.

"That gentleman." "There you are, Sir."

La señora está acá. Buenas tardes Señora.

"The lady is here." "Good afternoon, Miss."

Buenas tardes. Encantado de conocerte.

"Good afternoon." "Nice to meet you."

Estoy encantado de ir a la playa. Soy de los Estados Unidos.

"I'm delighted to go to the beach." "I am from the United States."

Es un gusto. ¿De dónde es ella?

"It's a pleasure." "Where is she from?"

GRAMMAR

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The verb "ser" is used when talking about the origin of someone or something, among other
things. This verb is always used in the question "where are you from?" Here is a list of this
question formed with the verb "ser" fully conjugated in the Present Tense. The first translation
follows the Spanish word-order strictly; the second translation changes the word order to the
way that it would be in English:

¿De dónde soy yo?

(From where am I? / Where am I from?)

¿De dónde eres tú?

(From where are you? / Where are you from?)informal

¿De dónde es él?

(From where is he? / Where is he from?)

¿De dónde es ella?

(From where is she? / Where is she from?)

¿De dónde es usted?

(From where are you? / Where are you from?)formal

¿De dónde es?

(From where is? / Where is it from?)impersonal

¿De dónde somos nosotros?

(From where are we? / Where are we from?)

¿De dónde sois vosotros?

(From where are you all? / Where am you all from?)informal

¿De dónde son ellos?

(From where are they? / Where are they from?)masculine

¿De dónde son ellas?

(From where are they? / Where are they from?)feminine

¿De dónde son ustedes?

(From where are you all? / Where are you all from?)formal

¿De dónde son?

(From where are? / Where are they from?)impersonal

CULTURAL INSIGHT
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Throughout the entire Pacific coast of South America, the landscape is dominated by the
Andes Mountains. Central to southern Peru and the entire Chilean coast are prime examples
of this, where the towering Andes rise up to nearly 24,000 feet, in places not more than 30
miles away from the coast. This makes for an extremely diverse climate. In a country, like
Peru, the Pacific coast is a desert; moving east (and gaining altitude) there is a highland
plateau; then the high peaks region; crossing the Andes (and losing altitude) there is the lush
eastern foothills; and finally the Amazon river basin. Impacting the numerous Latin American
cultures in terms of their agriculture, economy, infrastructure, religion and transportation, the
Andes Mountains are the major geographical feature of the continent.

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