Personal information (Información personal)

Today we are going to learn how to ask for and give personal information in Spanish.
Let’s have a look at the table below, there you can find questions and appropriate responses to start
a conversation in Spanish.

What is your name?
¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo Juan. (My name is Juan)
¿Cómo se llama Ud.?

Where are you from?
¿De dónde eres? Soy de Guyana. (I am from Guyana)
¿De dónde es Ud.?

. Where do you live?
¿Dónde vives? Vivo en Parika. (I live in Parika)
¿Dónde vives Ud.?

How old are you? Tengo once años. (I am 11 years old)
¿Cuántos años tienes?
¿Cuántos años tiene Ud.?

Note: Spanish has two ways of saying you: tú, which is informal, and usted (Ud.),
which is formal. We use the informal style when speaking to a friend, a family member or a child.
We use the formal style when speaking to someone in a position of power or someone we are
meeting for the first time.

Activity 1
Write a short paragraph in Spanish about yourself (include your name, age, where you live and
where you are from).

Nationality

You know how to ask someone where they are from and how to state where you are from in
Spanish.

¿Cuál es su nacionalidad? (What is your nationality?)

To respond to this question you can use

Soy… : I am…

1. Soy venezolano/venezolana: I am Venezuelan
2. Soy chileno/chilena: I am Chilean
3. Soy guyanés/guyanesa: I am Guyanese

Country (País) Nationality
Argentina argentino(a)
Bolivia boliviano(a)
Chile chileno (a)
Colombia colombiano(a)
Ecuador ecuatoriano(a)
Paraguay paraguayo(a)
Perú peruano(a)
Uruguay uruguayo(a)
Venezuela venezolano(a)

. Fill in the blanks with the correct nationality.

1. Me llamo Pedro. Soy de Bolivia. Soy ……………………
2. Me llamo Carlos. Soy de Argentina. Soy ………………….
3. Me llamo Maria. Soy de Venezuela. Soy …………………….
4. Soy señorita Hernandez. Soy de Chile. Soy…………………….