Conversation unit 05- Origins
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- 05.1
I am Italian
I am from Rome
I came from Venice - 05.2
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United States of America
May I ask, are you an American?
United States of America
New York
Yes, I am an American. I came from New York[
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United States of America
Your husband is also an American, I presume?
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No, he's Italian. He's from Rome. - 05.3
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Where is Mr. Green from?
He is from Paris[
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Are his parents and siblings all in France?[
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His parents are both in France. He doesn't have brothers, and he doesn't have younger sisters either. He has only one elder sister. She is a dancer, working in London[
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What's his parents' job?[
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He retired, she is a teacher; they live in Paris
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Is Mr. Green married?
Yes, he is married. He has a daughter and a son - NOTES
Italian, from Rome. Literally "Italy person", "Rome person". The first part indicates a person nationality, the second where a person was born.
Literally "I am from Venice came", "I came from Venice". It tells us that the person came to this place from Venice.
The possessive/adjectival marker is usually dropped with names of nationalities or languages. The form on the right is the (more correct) full form.
This is a suggestive or exhortative marker. In this case, used in a question, carries the meaning that the speaker is guessing/assuming something. In the next units it will be found as exhortative, in sentences like "Let's go"
Literally "is where person?". It usually refers to which part of a country a person is from. It could also mean asking which nationality the person is.[
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Both his/her parents, literally: "his/her parents all". This adverb is only used to refer to the items to the left of it. It would be wrong to write "all his/her parents"
First appearance: Thu Aug 15 19:05:51 CEST 2002 - | - Last modified: Fri Dec 11 17:15:05 CET 2009
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