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Presentarse (Introducing yourself)

Name, country, city, languages — and tú or usted.

12 minutes · A free lesson from A1: Primeros pasos (first steps) · Roman and Urdu pronunciation guides and English meanings are shown under each phrase

Introducing yourself

Name

Country and city

Languages and work

tú is informal (friends, family, children, colleagues your age); usted is formal (older people, officials, customers). Usted takes the third-person verb: ¿Cómo se llama usted?

túSay tooتُوMeans: you (informal)
ustedSay oostehdاُوستےدMeans: you (formal)
¿Cómo se llama usted?Say kohmoh seh yama oostehd?کومو سے یاما اُوستےد?Means: What is your name? (formal)

Una conversación

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Say it out loud (45 seconds): Preséntese: nombre, país, ciudad, idiomas.Say: prehsehntehseh. nohmbreh, paees, thyoodad, eedyohmas.پرےسےنتےسے. نومبرے, پایس, ثیُوداد, ایدیوماس.Means: Introduce yourself: name, country, city, languages.

A model answer

Me llamo Omar. Soy de Pakistán y vivo en Valencia. Hablo urdu, inglés y un poco de español.Say: meh yamoh ohmar. soy deh pakeestan ee beeboh ehm balehnthya. abloh oordoo, eenglehs ee oom pohkoh deh ehspanyohl.مے یامو اومار. سوئی دے پاکیستان ای بیبو اےم بالےنثیا. ابلو اُوردُو, اینگلےس ای اُوم پوکو دے اےسپانیول.Means: My name is Omar. I am from Pakistan and I live in Valencia. I speak Urdu, English and a little Spanish.

Lesson quiz

Check what you have learned. Choose an answer to see whether it is right, and why.

Quick check: Which question asks where someone is from?

  1. ¿Dónde vives?
  2. ¿Cómo estás?
  3. ¿De dónde eres?
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C: ¿De dónde eres? — ¿De dónde eres? asks where you are from. ¿Dónde vives? asks where you live.

Quick check: Which sentence says where you live?

  1. Vivo en Lahore.
  2. Soy de Pakistán.
  3. Hablo urdu e inglés.
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A: Vivo en Lahore. — vivir means to live. Soy de Pakistán says where you are from.

Quick check: Which verb form goes with “usted”?

  1. The tú form
  2. The third person, like él and ella
  3. The yo form
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B: The third person, like él and ella — usted takes the same verb as él and ella: ¿Cómo se llama usted?

Quick check: What does “Estoy aprendiendo español” mean?

  1. I am learning Spanish.
  2. I speak Spanish well.
  3. I teach Spanish.
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A: I am learning Spanish. — aprender means to learn.

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