A1.3: Where are you from?

¿De dónde eres?

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A1.3.1 Diálogo

Hablar de tu familia y tu país

Talk about your family and your country


Vocabulary (23)

 Nacer (to be born) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Nacer

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To be born Show

 Vivir (to live) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Vivir

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To live Show

 Francia: France (Spanish)

Francia

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France Show

 Alemania: Germany (Spanish)

Alemania

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Germany Show

 España: Spain (Spanish)

España

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Spain Show

 ¿De dónde eres?: Where are you from? (Spanish)

¿De dónde eres?

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Where are you from? Show

 Italia: Italy (Spanish)

Italia

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Italy Show

 Portugal: Portugal (Spanish)

Portugal

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Portugal Show

 El Reino Unido: The United Kingdom (Spanish)

El Reino Unido

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The united kingdom Show

 Bélgica: Belgium (Spanish)

Bélgica

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Belgium Show

 Suiza: Switzerland (Spanish)

Suiza

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Switzerland Show

 Los Países Bajos: the Netherlands (Spanish)

Los Países Bajos

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The netherlands Show

 Polonia: Poland (Spanish)

Polonia

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Poland Show

 Dinamarca: Denmark (Spanish)

Dinamarca

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Denmark Show

 Suecia: Sweden (Spanish)

Suecia

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Sweden Show

 Finlandia: Finland (Spanish)

Finlandia

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Finland Show

 Noruega: Norway (Spanish)

Noruega

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Norway Show

 El país: The country (Spanish)

El país

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The country Show

 La nacionalidad: Nationality (Spanish)

La nacionalidad

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Nationality Show

 La ciudad: The city (Spanish)

La ciudad

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The city Show

 La capital: The capital (Spanish)

La capital

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The capital Show

 Venir (to come) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Venir

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To come Show

 El idioma: The language (Spanish)

El idioma

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The language Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Describe la nacionalidad de cada persona. (Describe the nationality of each person.)
  2. Di, ¿dónde viven actualmente? (Say where do they currently live.)
  3. Di dónde vives. (Tell where you live.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Eero es de Francia.

Eero is from France.

Ola es de Polonia y vive en Londres.

Ola comes from Poland and she lives in London.

María es española.

Maria is Spanish.

Jan es de los Países Bajos.

Jan is from the Netherlands.

¿De dónde eres?

Where are you from?

¿Dónde vives?

Where do you live?

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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

1

Alemania


Germany

2

Finlandia


Finland

3

El país


The country

4

¿De dónde eres?


Where are you from?

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La ciudad


The city

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
eres? | ¿De | dónde
¿De dónde eres?
(Where are you from?)
2.
español. | Yo soy | y hablo | de España
Yo soy de España y hablo español.
(I am from Spain and I speak Spanish.)
3.
viene de | Mi amigo | tú? | Francia, ¿y
Mi amigo viene de Francia, ¿y tú?
(My friend comes from France, and you?)
4.
de | la | capital | Italia? | ¿Cuál | es
¿Cuál es la capital de Italia?
(What is the capital of Italy?)
5.
y su | en Suiza | suiza. | nacionalidad es | Ella vive
Ella vive en Suiza y su nacionalidad es suiza.
(She lives in Switzerland and her nationality is Swiss.)
6.
en tu | país? | ¿Qué idioma | se habla
¿Qué idioma se habla en tu país?
(What language is spoken in your country?)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

1De df3nde eres? (Who do you defend?)
Vivo en Espaf1a. (I live in Spain.)
El idioma oficial de Francia es el france9s. (The official language of France is French.)
Mi nacionalidad es portuguesa. (My nationality is Portuguese.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Arrastra y suelta las palabras en la categoría correcta según si son nombres de países o palabras relacionadas con nacionalidades.

Países

Nacionalidades

Exercise 7: Los artículos en español

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The articles in Spanish

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La, Las, El, la, Los, Unas, el

1.
... pueblo de María es pequeño y bonito.
(Maria's village is small and pretty.)
2.
... ciudades de España son muy bonitas.
(Some cities in Spain are very beautiful.)
3.
Madrid es ... ciudad más grande de España.
(Madrid is the largest city in Spain.)
4.
España es ... país donde vivo.
(Spain is the country where I live.)
5.
... nacionalidades en mi clase son variadas.
(The nationalities in my class are varied.)
6.
... países de Europa son muy diversos.
(The countries of Europe are very diverse.)
7.
... nacionalidad de Juan es española.
(Juan's nationality is Spanish.)
8.
... pueblos de la región tienen mucha historia.
(The villages of the region have a lot of history.)

Exercise 8: El género de los sustantivos

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The gender of nouns

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El, La

1.
... mano
(The hand)
2.
... lunes
(Monday)
3.
... enfermera
(The nurse)
4.
... policía
(The policeman)
5.
... problema
(The problem)
6.
... televisión
(The television)
7.
... cocinero
(The cook)
8.
... planeta
(The planet)

Grammar

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A1.3.3 Gramática

Los artículos en español

The articles in Spanish


Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Vivir to live

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Spanish English
(yo) vivo I live
(tú) vives You live
(él/ella) vive he/she lives
(nosotros/nosotras) vivimos we live
(vosotros/vosotras) vivís You live
(ellos/ellas) viven They live

Exercises and examples phrases

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