"De donde", from where or where?
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When you say "de dondé", as in, "De dondé es esa mujer?" does it mean "Where is the woman from?" or "Where is the woman?" (right now).
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updated Jan 4, 2011
posted by musiclover99
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It means 'From where is that woman?' i.e. 'Where is that woman from?'.
¿Dónde está esa mujer? Means 'Where is that woman (in this moment in time)?'.
updated Jan 4, 2011
edited by afowen
posted by afowen
Good answer :) - FELIZ77, Jan 4, 2011
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The accent is on the 'o': dónde.
updated Jan 4, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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Well, again I think that comes back to the old 'ser' and 'estar' routine. 'Estar', would be used for 'where is this woman right now?', as 'estar' shows a temporary set of characteristics.
updated Jan 4, 2011
posted by Seb79
As in "Nueva York está en América" or "Elvis está muerto"? - lazarus1907, Jan 4, 2011
No, what I meant was, 'estar' is used for temporary characteristics, position, and an ongoing senario...although it seems to me that when people refer to 'estar', it's usually to indicate a sense of temporal condition. - Seb79, Jan 4, 2011
