SP101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Terraced House, Single-Family Detached Home
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To say you are from a country, you use ser (meaning "to be [a permanent characteristic]"), then de (meaning "of" or "from"), then the country or place. To say you are currently living in a place or country, you use vivir (meaning "to live"), then en (meaning "in"), then the country or place. To ask where someone else lives, you use do nde then vivir ( do nde vives? means "where do you live?"). To ask where someone is from, you use de do nde, El sudeste: vivo en el suroeste de me xico. I live in the southwest of mexico: soy del norte de australia. While vivir is totally regular (vivo, vives, vive, vivimos, vivi s, viven), ser is about as irregular as they come. Examples: vivo en inglaterra i live in england, son de espan a, pero viven en alemania. They are from spain, but they live in germany.
