BicaUnit 2 · Who are you?A1Lesson 2 of 5: Where are you from?
Saying where you are from in European Portuguese
This is lesson 2 of 5 in Unit 2, Who are you? (Quem és tu?), an A1 unit in which you say who you are, where you are from, which languages you speak and what you do. The new words are de onde (where from), de (from), Portugal (Portugal) and 5 more, practised in 10 example sentences. Building on I am, you are, it gets you to sentences like Eu sou de Portugal (“I'm from Portugal”). The unit’s grammar notes cover “You can drop the pronoun” and “A Ana, o Pedro: articles with names”.
Words in this lesson
| Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
de onde | where from |
de | fromDe + o = do: do Porto. |
Portugal | Portugal |
Inglaterra | England |
Espanha | Spain |
França | France |
Lisboa | Lisbon |
o Porto | PortoThe city takes the article: o Porto, do Porto. |
Example sentences
- De onde és tu?Where are you from?De onde és? uses tu. With extra respect: De onde é?
- Eu sou de Portugal.I'm from Portugal.
- Eu sou de Lisboa.I'm from Lisbon.
- O Pedro é do Porto.Pedro is from Porto.De + o Porto = do Porto.
- A Ana é de Inglaterra?Is Ana from England?In Portugal you say de Inglaterra, de Espanha, de França, without an article.
- Não, ela é de Espanha.No, she's from Spain.
- De onde é o senhor?Where are you from, sir?O senhor is the polite "you" for a man.
- Nós somos do Porto.We're from Porto.
- Tu és de Lisboa?Are you from Lisbon?
- Ele é de França.He's from France.
Grammar notes
The grammar notes for this lesson are on the page for Unit 2: Who are you?: