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Makiasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Where are you from/ Where do you come from
You are on an airplane from Japan to the US. You start a conversation with a person next to you. You thought he sounds British (or Australian, French, Italian etc). You want to know his nationality.
In this situation, which do you say,
Where are you from? or
Where do you come from?
And if you're asked in the same situation,
"Where DID you come from?",
do you answer "I came from Tokyo (or Osaka, Kyoto etc) ."?
In this situation, which do you say,
Where are you from? or
Where do you come from?
And if you're asked in the same situation,
"Where DID you come from?",
do you answer "I came from Tokyo (or Osaka, Kyoto etc) ."?
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Hi, You are on an airplane from Japan to the US. You start a conversation with a person next to you. You thought he sounds British (or Australian, French, Italian etc).
- Hi, You are on an airplane from Japan to the US.
- You start a conversation with a person next to you.
- You thought he sounds British (or Australian, French, Italian etc).
- You want to know his nationality.
- In this situation, which do you say, Where are you from?
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Hi,
You are on an airplane from Japan to the US. You start a conversation with a person next to you. You thought he sounds British (or Australian, French, Italian etc). You want to know his nationality.
In this situation, which do you say,
Where are you from? or
Where do you come from?
You may not get the answer you want. eg He may have l
You are on an airplane from Japan to the US. You start a conversation with a person next to you. You thought he sounds British (or Australian, French, Italian etc). You want to know his nationality.
In this situation, which do you say,
Where are you from? or
Where do you come from?
You may not get the answer you want. eg He may have l
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Hi Clive,
Thank you for your reply. Let me ask one more;
Thank you for your reply. Let me ask one more;
If your nationality is American and you have lived in Tokyo for 30 years, and in another situation, eg in a cafe in Paris, and somebody asks you "where are you from?" or "where do you come
You may not get the answer you want. eg He may have lived in Tokyo for 30 years.
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