How to say "Where do you come from?"

Plumppy_ · Post by **Plumppy_** » 10 Mar 2004 14:34

Dear friends,

I would like to know how to say "where do you come from?" in many languages. If possible, send me as an attached file the way to write it in case it uses a different alphabet.

Thanks a lot. I am looking forward your answers. Cheers,

Marco

ann · Post by **ann** » 10 Mar 2004 14:37

We can begin with French:
"d'où es tu?", "d'où est-ce que tu es?" or "tu es d'où?"
or
"d'où viens-tu?", "d'où est-ce que tu viens?" or "tu viens d'où?"

Enzo · Post by **Enzo** » 10 Mar 2004 14:52

Plumppy wrote:Dear friends,

I would like to know how to say "where do you come from?" in many languages. If possible, send me as an attached file the way to write it in case it uses a different alphabet.

Thanks a lot. I am looking forward your answers. Cheers,

Marco

In German :
Woher kommst du ?

In Dutch :
Waar kom je uit ?

albyx · Post by **albyx** » 10 Mar 2004 14:58

In Bulgarian :

Откъде сте ? [otkyde ste] (formal)

Откъде си ? [otkyde si] (informal)

where :
[y] is read approximately as "u" in "duck"
[o] as "o" on "hot"
[e] as "e" in "pen"

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 10 Mar 2004 15:01

Spanish: ¿De dónde eres?

ann · Post by **ann** » 10 Mar 2004 15:02

In italian: "di dove sei?"
or "da dove vieni?"

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 10 Mar 2004 15:11

Hungarian: honnan vagy?
honnan való(si) vagy?
-- Olivier

Gilen · Post by **Gilen** » 10 Mar 2004 15:31

In Basque language :
Nongoa zara ?

In Vietnamese :
Ông là người nước nào ?

In Japanese :
どこの出身ですか (doko no shusshin desu ka)

In Czech :
Odkud jste?

helena · Post by **helena** » 10 Mar 2004 16:27

croatian: otkud si? (formal) otkud ste? (informal, group)

bambino · Post by **bambino** » 10 Mar 2004 17:58

Joooj Heleno, uvijek me preduhitriš s hrvatskim, a baš sam ja htio napisati

so...

PORTUGUESE: onde são você de? or de onde és?
RUSSIAN: откуда Вы?
NORWEGIAN: hvor er De fra?

ciao

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 10 Mar 2004 20:14

In Breton (the language spoken in Brittany, just in case you don't know) :
Deus pelec'h emaoc'h o tond ? "O tond" is optionnal

In Danish : Hvor kommer du fra ?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » 10 Mar 2004 22:29

czech (polite or plural form) : odkud jste [ot'koot stay]
czech (familiar, singular form) : odkud jsi [ot'koot see]
czech (colloquial forms) : odkad jses/jste, vodkud jses/jste, vodkad jses/jste, odkud jses/jste

odkad = [ot'kati/ot'kadi]
vodkud = [vott'koot]
vodkad = [vot'kadi/vot'kati]
jses = [sesh]

slovak (polite or plural) : odkial jste [ot'kiali stiay]
slovak (familiar, singular) : odkial si [ot'kiali see]

romanian (polite or plural) : de unde sînteti [day oonday sun-tayts]
romanian (familiar, singular) : du unde iesti [day oonday yayshti]

Bouchera · Post by **Bouchera** » 10 Mar 2004 23:50

In Arabic:

من أين تأتي = [min ayna tatî]

In Moroccan Arabic:

منين جتي = [m'nin jiti]

And in Berber:

Mayzeg 'toussid?

captncavern · Post by **captncavern** » 11 Mar 2004 14:13

In Swedish:
Varifrån kommer du ?

kyliane · Post by **kyliane** » 11 Mar 2004 17:50

in quechua from cuzco (Peru) :

¿Maymantan kanki?

Kyl

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