Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 1.03 | Saying where you are from

Episode Date: October 31, 2008

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Hello and bienveniles at Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. I'm Mark. My name is Mark. And that's what we're going to be learning about in today's episode. We're also going to be asking people for their names and finding out where they're from. By using the question, De Donde is, or de donde arees. We'll find more about that in the problem.

So last time on Coffee Break Spanish, we were looking at how to introduce yourself and say, name is. Kara, can you remember how to say my name is? My name is indeed. So my name is Mark. Me name is Mark. Me am I Kara. You try to think how you would say my name is and then give your name. Now we also at one point introduced the phrase for and you.

If I say, me, my name mark, how would I say and you? I too. Ito. I too. I too. Okay, now what's your pronunciation of this one? I tu. I too.

Very bien. So, me diameau, and you? My am okay. That's it. Now, one thing that we've got to learn quite early on when we're learning Spanish is the fact that there are two different words for you in Spanish. One is an informal version that you would use talking to your friends or people who are younger than you. Indeed, people who are the same age as you if you're quite young yourself. and this word is tu

two two indeed two is the word we've been using already so i too but there's another word for you in Spanish and this word is Osteed

Osteed Osteed Osteed Osteed Osteed Osteed That's it Now the origins of this word

actually come from the phrase Vestra magestad. And Vestra magestad literally means your majesty. So hopefully that will help you remember that Osteed is used for formal situations or for people who you wouldn't

necessarily regard as your close friends. Let's go through these again. If you're talking to a friend and you want to say, and you, you would say, And you too? So me am a Mark, and you?

Me am O'Cara. Okay, now if you were speaking to someone that you didn't know or someone to whom you wanted to be a bit more respectful, you would say, And Usteed. And Usteed. Yustead. Yustead. Okay, and with everything in Spanish, you run the two together, so, y'Ustead. And Ustead.

Yustead. I'm Señor Garcia. And you? Me y'amu, seniorita Lorca. Very bien. So, and you, for informal, and iostev for formal situations. Ito?

Itu? I'mtoustead. Iostev. Now, don't worry too much about this. It is quite important, but it shouldn't stop you from trying to communicate with people in Spain or a Spanish-speaking country. When you're asking a question in Spanish, you've also got to think about whether it's a tu or a usteed that you're going to be using. And this sometimes changes the form of the sentence. Up until now we've been looking at Itu for and you.

And you could use that, it would get you by, but it's nicer to have a full question. So for example, if you say me yamomark, the natural follow-on would be what is your name? And there are two versions of this, depending on whether you're using the tu form or the Usted form. Let's first of all concentrate on the two form, two. What is your name? How do you yamas? Como

Te yamas? Como te yamas? Como te yamas? Como te yamas? Como te yamas? How do you mean? What is your name? And it's what is your name

when you're addressing someone you would normally address as you would normally address as you. There's another version of the question for the Ustead form. How Se laama

Usteed? how so how's you how so how's

how you so you so if I ask you how

you my am my and if I ask you our listeners

how you should reply me am my name if you

are wanting to be more formal I might say how so

my my seniorita lorca how se y name ucte me yamu

seor garcia and if we ask you the listeners how se yama

usteed you can repeat me yamo and your name as before now it's all

very well asking people what their name is but it's now time to ask something

else and we're going to ask where are you from where are you from in Spanish

in the two form is de donde eres de where are de donde eres

now we need to watch the sound of the D again in Spanish if you're using the transcripts for these programs then you'll be able to read exactly how everything is written De

De Donde eres de it's a very soft D Donde Eres De don't de where is

De don't de'es De don't de'es De de perfecto now we're going to leave the formal bit for the moment and concentrate on some of the possible answers for the question de donde erres cara ask me the question and i'll give you some example answers de donde eras soi de scotia soy de scotia Soi de

Scotia Soy Scotia Now, Scotia is Scotland Soe de Scotia

Soe de Scotia Soe The Scotia Now the chances are You may well be from Scotland But you might be from somewhere else

So we're going to learn a few other countries here Soi de Spain Soe de Spain Any guesses As to what that might be

Spain I think so Soe de Spain So I'm of Spain Soy Scotia Soy I'm of Spain

Soy de Spain Soy I'm of Spain Soy I'm of Spain Soy de Spain Soy de Spain Very well

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Okay, let's get on with the lesson. We're going to do some role-playing here. I'm now going to be called Pablo and I'm from Spain. Me called Pablo and I'm from Spain. And Kara, you're going to be Raquel. Raquel. Raquel. and you're also going to be from Spain

so can you introduce yourself? My name O'Requel and I'm from Spain Very bien. Me L'Iamo Pablo and I'm from Spain also. What do you think that might mean? Me L'Iamo Pablo and I'm from Spain

too. Yeah, also. So I'm Pablo and I'm from Spain too. I'm also from Spain. So, Kara, how would you say, my name's Raquel, and I'm from Spain too? My name is Raquel, and I'm from Spain too. Very well, perfect. And this time, this time, me name Mark and I'm from Scotia.

My name is Kara, and I'm from Scotia, too. Very well, perfect. So, also? Tambien? Tambien. It means also, or too, as well as. Soy, the Spain, also. Soy, the Spain, also.

Me, am Paul, so I'm of Spain, too. My name is Raquel, I'm of Spain, too. Me called Mark, I'm of Scotiya. My am Kara, I'm of Scotia. Very bien. Now we said earlier that there's more than one way of asking the question, where are you from? Because sometimes you might be asking the question to someone that you don't know.

We've had, De Donde arest? De Donde arest? De Dond de where is. And it's almost the same, but we've got to ask a slightly different question here. De Donde is Uste. De Donde is Uste.

De Donde is Usteed? De Donde is Usteith. De Donde is Usteed? De Donde is Usteth Okay. Now let's think about this

what it means. Literally, de, where. De Donde, from where? De Donde. Is Usteed?

Is Usteed? Are you? From where are you? De Dondi is Usteed? De Donde is Usteed. Yeah, and it works exactly the same with De Donde eres. De, Donde, from where,

Eres, are you? De Donde are you? De Donde eres. De Donde is Usted? De Donde is Ustez. Okay, perfecto. Let's add in a few more countries now, and then we're going to do some more roleplay.

Listen to this country. Los Estados Unidos. Los Estados Enid. Unidos. Unidos. Unidos. Los Estados Unidos. Los Estados Unidos.

Now, where do you think this is? Los Estados Unidos. Any guesses? Cara? The United States of America. The United States of America, exactly. Los Estados Unidos. Los Estados Unitos.

Very well. So to say I am from the United States, you would say, I'm of the States United I'm the US

United I'm of the States United So of the States United

Very good Those States Scotia, Spain Moving on we have

Inglaterra Inglaterra Inglaterra Inglaterra Any guesses listeners as to what England? It is indeed England So I'm of Inglaterra

Soi de Inglatera Okay Let's go on We're going to think about another country Another English-speaking country Perhaps you're from Australia Australia

Australia or maybe you're from Australia or maybe you're from Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland Ireland

Ireland I'm of Ireland I'm of Ireland and Irelanda is of course Ireland Ireland. One last one before we finish off I'm of France Soy

France Soy de France So I'm from France Yeah, France Let's run through all these countries One more time Scotia

Scotland So I'm from Scotland So I'm from Scotland Soie de Scotia Soi de Scotia Spain Spain Soe de Spain

Soe de Spain I'm of Spain The United States The United States I'm of the United States I'm See the Estados Unitos

Watch that one So I'm of Los States United England Inglaterra England England

England England England England I'm from Englandera. Australia. Australia. Australia.

I'm of Australia. So, the Australia. Ireland? Ireland? Ireland? Ireland. I'm of Ireland. France.

France. France. I'm of France. And that's where we're going to leave it today for this edition of Coffee Break Spanish. Thanks for joining us and we hope it's been useful. You can join the Coffee Break Spanish community on Facebook at Facebook.com slash Coffee Break Spanish and follow at Learn Spanish on Twitter. Much a gratis and hasta pronto.

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