¿De dónde eres? Soy de...

Master Spanish nationalities & origins! Practice identifying, matching, and using gender agreement.

Frases Útiles «¿De dónde eres tú?» means "where are you from?" It's a question that you would ask to a person that you're on a first name basis with.When a person asks you where you are from, you respond with «Yo soy de _,» which means "I am from _." Here's an example conversation: -«Raquel, ¿de dónde eres tú?» –«Yo soy de Downingtown.» ¿De dónde eres tú? Respond to the question with a complete sentence saying where you are from. La nacionalidad When a person talks about where they are from, they may tell you their nationality instead of saying the country. For example, if you asked a person where they were from, and they said, "I am Mexican," you could figure out that they were from Mexico :)In Spanish, people from the USA don't say that their nationality is American. The adjective "American" actually refers to anyone from North, Central, or South America! In Spanish, we refer to the United States as «Los Estados Unidos,» so our nationality is "estadounidense." (We use "estadounidense" for both males and females.) Nacionalidades y orígenes (nationalities and origins) Match the person's origin with their nationality. Make sure you pick the correct description based on the person's gender! Mariana es de Colombia. colombiana Marco es de Costa Rica. costarricense Jorge es de Cuba. cubano Linda es de Uruguay. uruguaya Francisco es de Venezuela. venezolano Nacionalidades y orígenes (nationalities and origins) Match the person's origin with their nationality. Make sure you pick the correct description based on the person's gender! Salma es de Nicaragua. nicaragüense Frida es panameña. Es de Panama. Severo es guinea ecuatoriano. Es de Guinea Ecuatorial. Clara es de la República Dominicana. Es dominicana. Nacionalidades y orígenes (nationalities and origins) Match the person's origin with their nationality. Make sure you pick the correct description based on the person's gender! La señora Duque es peruana. Perú. El señor Luquillo es de España. Español. Berta es hondureña. Es de Honduras. Timoteo es de El Salvador. Es salvadoreño. Gender of Adjectives You will notice that in the previous activity, the adjectives sometimes ended in "o" and other times ended in "a"? This is because adjectives in Spanish match the genderof the nounthey're describing. Take a look:Alberto es chileno.(masculine)Mariana es chilena.(feminine)Both Alberto and Mariana are from Chile, but the adjective "chileno" (Chilean) ends in an "o" when describing Alberto because he is a man, and an "a" to describe Mariana because she is a woman. Keep this in mind as you answer the next set of questions! Now let's practice completing conversations that deal with people's nacionalidades. Fill in the blanks with the words found in the word bank. 1. ¿De dónde eres, José? Yo soy puertorriqueño. Soy de Puerto Rico.2. ¿De dónde eres, Carmen? Soy mexicana. Soy de México.3. ¿De dónde eres, Raúl? Soy de Argentina. Soy argentino.4. ¿De dónde es la hermana (sister) de Raúl? Ella es de Perú. Ella es peruviana.5. Ernesto es de Bolivia. ¿De dónde es Ernesto? Él es boliviano.6. ¿De dónde eres, Salma? Soy chilena. Yo soy de Chile. Félix es guatemalteco. Él es de Perú. Él es de Guam. Él es de Guatemala. Josefa es de Ecuador. Ella es ecuatoriano. Ella es ecuatoriana. Ella es Ecuador. -"¿De dónde eres, Horacio?" (Horacio is a man).-Soy de Paraguay. Yo soy... paraguayo. Paraguayo. paraguaya.