Soy de Málaga, pero vivo en Madrid Lesson 04

November 11, 2006
In this edition:
some revision
of material
covered in
previous
lessons; the
words for “yes”
and “no”;
saying where
you live; saying
“but” and
“now”.
Lesson 04
Notes
Soy de Málaga, pero vivo en Madrid
Lesson 04
Programme Notes
Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the new
podcast aimed at learners of Spanish. In Coffee
Break Spanish we’ll be guiding you through the
beginnings of the Spanish language and helping
you learn the basics of Spanish.
In lesson 03 you learned to say where you’re
from and how to ask other people where they are
from. In this week’s lesson you’ll be developing
this a bit more, and learning how to say where
you live.
Yes and no
In the last programme you learned the phrase for
“where are you from?” As with most questions in
Spanish, there are two forms of this question:
¿de dónde eres?
where are you from? (informal)
¿de dónde es usted?
where are you from (formal)
You also learned how to answer this question,
using the phrase soy de...:
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soy de Australia
I’m from Australia
soy de Madrid
I’m from Madrid
Have a look at the following question and see if
you can work out what it means:
¿eres de España?
You’ve already come across the word eres in the
question ¿de dónde eres?, so you can probably work
out that eres means “are you”. The question ¿eres
de España? therefore means “are you from
Spain?”:
¿eres de España?
are you from Spain? (informal)
You can obviously change this question to suit
your needs, eg.:
¿eres de Salamanca?
are you from Salamanca?
Note that you can also change the question to
the formal version by changing eres to es usted:
¿es usted de Escocia?
are you from Scotland? (formal)
To answer such a question positively, you need to
know the word for “yes”:
sí
yes
Have a look at the conversation which follows,
which puts this into context:
Mark: Hola, ¿qué tal?
Kara: Muy bien. ¿Cómo te llamas?
Mark: Me llamo Mark. ¿Y tú?
So in the above conversation, Sr. García Torres
was not from Scotland, he was from Spain, from
Madrid. Note also that he said soy Pablo García
Torres, using the word soy, meaning “I am” to give
his name.
Saying where you live
Saying where you’re from is one thing, but it’s
also useful to be able to say where you live,
because sometimes you can be from a particular
place but you now live somewhere else. To say “I
live in...”, use:
Kara: Yo me llamo Kara. ¿Eres de
Escocia?
vivo en...
I live in...
Mark: Sí, soy de Escocia.
In the conversation above, Mark says “yes, I am
from Scotland”:
sí, soy de Escocia
yes, I’m from Scotland
The pronunciation of the letter “v” in Spanish
changes depending on which part of the
Spanish-speaking world you’re familiar with. In
Spain it is similar to a “b”, although it’s not as
strong and you tend not to bring your lips
completely together. In other parts of the world
it’s pronounced more like a “v”. You’ll be
understood no matter which sound you use.
To ask “where do you live”, use:
The word for “no” in Spanish is:
¿dónde vives?
where do you live (informal)
no
no
Fairly straightforward! Watch that you don’t
pronounce it in English, though. The “o” of no is
more like the “o” of the English word “not”,
rather than the English word “no”.
This word no is very useful in Spanish. In
addition to meaning “no”, it is also used for the
negative form of the verb:
Or in the formal version:
¿dónde vive usted?
where do you live? (formal)
In the situation where you are from a place
originally but now live somewhere else you can
now say “I am from Málaga but I live in
Madrid”, with the addition of one word:
no soy de Escocia
I am not from Scotland
no me llamo Mark
I am not called Mark
pero
but
So, look at the following sentence:
So, to say “no, I’m not from Scotland”, you need
to use the word no two times:
no, no soy de Escocia
no, I’m not from Scotland
Let’s have a look at this in a conversation:
Mark: Buenos días.
Kara: Hola. ¿Cómo se llama usted?
Mark: Soy Pablo García Torres.
Kara: ¿Es usted de Escocia?
Mark: No, no soy de Escocia. Soy de
España, de Madrid.
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soy de Málaga pero vivo en Madrid
I’m from Málaga but I live in Madrid
We can add one more in here to develop our
range of vocabulary a bit more:
soy de Madrid pero ahora
vivo en Barcelona
I’m from Madrid but now
I live in Barcelona
Let’s put everything we’ve learned in this week’s
lesson into a conversation:
Mark: Hola.
Kara: Buenas tardes. ¿Qué tal?
Mark: Muy bien, gracias.
Mark: I’m called Mark. What about you?
What’s your name?
Kara: ¿Cómo te llamas?
Mark: Me llamo Mark. Y tú, ¿cómo te
llamas?
Kara: Me llamo Kara
Kara: Me llamo Kara.
Kara: No, I’m not from Spain. I’m from
Scotland. I live in Edinburgh. And
you, are you from Scotland too?
Mark
Mark: Are you from Spain?
¿Eres de España?
Kara: No, no soy de España. Soy de
Escocia. Vivo en Edimburgo. Y tú,
¿eres de Escocia también?
Mark: Yes, I’m from Stirling, but now I live
in Glasgow.
Mark: Sí, soy de Stirling, pero ahora vivo
en Glasgow.
Translation of the above conversation for your
information:
Mark: Hi.
Kara: Good evening. How are you?
Mark: Very well, thanks.
Kara: What’s your name?
Bonus vocabulary
In each edition of Coffee Break Spanish we
cover the basic language you need to
communicate. However we also provide some
additional vocabulary for our listeners who
download the extra materials. The bonus
vocabulary is covered in the top-up podcast each
week so you can improve your pronunciation of
these extra words and phrases!
CoffeeBreakSpanish: Lesson 04 - Key Vocabulary
¿eres de España?
are you from Spain? (informal)
¿es usted de Madrid?
are you from Madrid? (formal)
sí
yes
no
no
sí, soy de Barcelona
yes, I’m from Barcelona
no, no soy de Barcelona
no, I’m not from Barcelona
no soy
I am not...
no me llamo
I am not called...
vivo en...
I live in...
¿dónde vives?
where do you live? (informal)
¿dónde vive usted?
where do you live? (formal)
pero
but
ahora
now
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CoffeeBreakSpanish: Lesson 04 - Bonus Vocabulary
aquí
here
¿eres de aquí?
are you from here? (informal)
¿es usted de aquí?
are you from here? (formal)
soy de aquí
I am from here
no soy de aquí
I am not from here
vivo en una casa
I live in a house
vivo en un piso
I live in a flat
vivo en una ciudad
I live in a city / large town
vivo en un pueblo
I live in a village
se llama...
it is called
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