De donde eress tu

Question

De donde eress tu

Bienvenido a SpanishDict. Por favor, complete su perfil con respecto a la lengua. Gracias. - rac1, Aug 16, 2014

¿Tiene una pregunta? - rac1, Aug 16, 2014

Answer 1

Hola soy de Buenos Aires - Argentina (I'm from Bs.As. Argentina)

¿De dónde eres tu? (Where are you from?)

Answer 2

De donde eress tu

Hola y bienvenido al foro

No entiendo tu pregunta- ¿quieres saber cómo se escribe correctamente "¿De dónde eres tú?", saber cómo se escribe esto en inglés, saber (literalmente) de dónde somos o qué?

Si rellenaras tu perfil, sería más fácil ayudarte.

Hello and welcome to the forum

I don't understand your question- do you want to know how to correctly write "where are you from?", know how to write it in English, or know (literally) where we come from, or what?

If you were to fill out your profile, it would be easier to help you.

By the way "tú" in that sentence is often not required, although may be appropriate if the question is a follow up question after you have said where you are from.

Actually there is no question because there is no question mark jaja - 003e54f5, Aug 16, 2014

@ pablo , neither is there the usual start of a meeting for the first time like - G'day mate my name is Fred , I would like to know etc. etc. - ray76, Aug 16, 2014

Answer 3

Es suficiente decir (you only need to say): ¿De dónde eres? = Where are you (familiar form) from? This form is conjugated so it can only mean you in the familiar form.

If you are using the polite form and need to specify a particular person You as opposed to he/she than you can and should use the personal pronoun: Ud for clarification!

¿De dónde es Ud, por favor? = Where are You from, please?

I made that mistake, this year, after introducing myself of not being specific enough when I looked at a native Spanish-speaking mother and asked her how old her child was, then pointed to the child and said ¿Cúantos años tiene? meaning the child, and the mother thought I meant her and said, with a smile ¿Yo? I replied ¡no, su niño! and again pointed to the child in the buggy that I had just helped her to lift up a small flight of 7 steps. I realized afterwards that I should have asked: ¿Cúantos años tiene él (o ella./su niño)?

The previous year I had also asked someone in the hotel lift ¿Comó está? and had forgotten to use Ud and that this form can refer to: you,(polite form) he or she and so I caused a little confusion as to the person I was trying to address. I have been so well trained by natives to avoid using personal pronouns unnecessarily in daily speech, that sometimes i even forget to use them when I should do so! lol hahaha

If you were simply asking where any of come from: Soy inglés... pero nací en Perú (I am English but I was born in Peru)

I hope this helps