In the first example, the coffee maker was made in Italy, while in the second one it was just borrowed (or stolen) from the neighbours and we’re just focusing on where it was taken from. La cafetera es de la casa de mis vecinos = The coffee is from my neighbours’ house La cafetera es de Italia = The coffee maker is from Italy In Spanish we’re referring to the place where that particular object was made, or were it was taken from: Objects, on the other hand, don’t have a nationality as such. Mi mamá es de un pueblo al norte de España = My mum is from a town located in the north of Spain You can also use it for continents, provinces, cities or neighbourhoods… Any place really! Although in the title I said that we use it for nationality, it is not limited only to it. Notice that in this particular context de is translated as from in English. You can use SER + DE for answering the question: where is this person from? Let’s see this with an example:įrida Kahlo es de México = Frida Kahlo is from México In today’s lesson, I’ll show you three meanings you can convey with these two elements you already know so well! 1. Now, what happens when they combine? SER and DE team up quite often in Spanish. DE is one of the most used prepositions in Spanish and it is equivalent to from, of, by and out of. In English, depending on the context, it is most of the times translated as to be. The verb SER is probably the very first Spanish verb you learnt. Today I’d like to teach you 3 ways in which you can use the combination of the verb SER and the preposition DE. It’s Romina Romaniello here, your Spanish teacher.
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