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Lesson Transcript

Hi everyone, I'm Felice.
Ciao a tutti, sono Felice.
Welcome to the Italian Whiteboard Lessons.
In this lesson, you'll learn how to ask where someone is from in Italian.
Let's get started!
Di dov'è?
Literally, it means "from where you are," that it's to say "where are you from."
Let's see how it's formed.
First, we have a question word,
di dove
meaning where from
then we have a verb.
When the verb starts with an e,
as in the previous sentence,
it has to be shortened to "dov,"
to make it easier to read.
Dove è? Dov'è?
Let's look at the dialogue between Paolo Parisi and Mark Lee
in formal Italian.
When I read, I want you to pay attention to the question word.
Find the question word and see how it's used in the dialogue.
Di dov'è?
Where are you from?
Sono di New York.
I'm from New York.
Now, let's look at some speaking examples.
Di dov'è?
Where are you from?
Formal.
Di dove sei?
Where are you from?
Informal.
Di dov'è tua sorella?
What is your sister from?
Di dove sono loro?
Where are they from?

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