the difference between "de dónde" and "dónde"

Question

what is the difference between "de dónde" and "dónde" ? plz

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Answer 1

There are three forms of "Dónde" to watch for. They are:

¿Dónde? Where?

¿Adónde? To where? , and

¿De dónde? From where?

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SpanishDict has a reference page for "Question Words" at:

http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100038/questions

This is a good page to refer to as are all of the Reference pages.

Saludos/Best Wishes

Moe

:) - ian-hill, Jun 13, 2014

Answer 2

I don´t know how to explain this but I'll try:

¿De dónde eres? Where are you?

¿Dónde estabas? Where were you?

Also there are the words: "Adonde" and "a donde"

Los niños tienen una escuela adonde acuden a estudiar Children are attending school where study.

Siempre es bueno tener una casa a donde llevar una barra de pan. Always good to have a home to take a loaf of bread.

:) - ian-hill, Jun 13, 2014

thanks !! - Rihab14, Jun 13, 2014

Answer 3

@Moe:

Not always.... be careful there.

Hola, Chileno. Help me out. I do not understand your comment. - Moe, Jun 13, 2014

Answer 4

Welcome to SpanishDict. Please use proper capitalization and punctuation in your posts. Also, if you do a search, you will find answers to many of your questions. Here is what I found when I did a search: Dónde, Adónde, De dónde

Here is a link to the search: Search

:) - ian-hill, Jun 13, 2014

thanks :) - Rihab14, Jun 13, 2014