RE" ¿Eres de Inglaterra? Are you from England? (you=tú)

Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

RE" ¿Eres de Inglaterra? Are you from England? (you=tú)

RE" ¿Eres de Inglaterra?

Are you from England? (you=tú)

Hello, I hope you and the team are all doing well and keeping healthy!I have a question on the above:I'm suppose that means are you a native of England. But let's suppose that person came from England, but the person was visiting England and coming from there, would he/she still say:" Soy de Inglaterra"? Or would he/she have to totally rephrase it, and explain that they were visiting.  How would you then state that you're from England, as you came from there.Thank you,Nicole
Asked 3 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Nicole

All good over here thanks!

To mean you are coming from a specific place as in you are travelling from one country to another for example you would never say "soy de..." (this only means you are a native from that country). You then would use "venir" and probably give a bit of explanation. See this small dialogue to reflect this:

- Hace mucho que no te veo, Laura.

- Sí, verdad. Con mi trabajo nuevo siempre estoy viajando de un lugar a otro. De hecho, ahora mismo vengo de Berlín. He estado allí 3 días. 

 

- I haven't seen you for quite a while, Laura.

- True. With my new job I am always travelling from place to place.  In fact. right now I am coming from Berlin. I've been there 3 days.

Saludos

Inma

RE" ¿Eres de Inglaterra? Are you from England? (you=tú)

RE" ¿Eres de Inglaterra?

Are you from England? (you=tú)

Hello, I hope you and the team are all doing well and keeping healthy!I have a question on the above:I'm suppose that means are you a native of England. But let's suppose that person came from England, but the person was visiting England and coming from there, would he/she still say:" Soy de Inglaterra"? Or would he/she have to totally rephrase it, and explain that they were visiting.  How would you then state that you're from England, as you came from there.Thank you,Nicole

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