Breakdown of Nosotros somos de Perú y ellos son de Argentina.
ser
to be
de
from / of
y
and
nosotros
we
Perú
Peru
ellos
they
Argentina
Argentina
Questions & Answers about Nosotros somos de Perú y ellos son de Argentina.
Why do we use somos and son here instead of other "to be" words like estamos and están?
Do I have to say nosotros and ellos, or can I just say somos de Perú y son de Argentina?
You can often drop subject pronouns in Spanish because the verb forms (somos and son) already tell us who is doing the action. However, when we are contrasting two different groups (like "we" are from here, but "they" are from there), it is very natural to keep nosotros and ellos for clarity and emphasis.
What if the groups are all women? Would the sentence change?
Yes! If an all-female group is speaking, they would use nosotras instead of nosotros. If the people from Argentina are all women, you would use ellas instead of ellos. We use the masculine forms (nosotros and ellos) for all-male groups or any mixed group of men and women.
How does the word de work here?
The preposition de translates to "of" or "from." To say you are from a place, you use a form of the verb ser + de + the place. Notice that we don't need a word for "the" before these country names; we just say de Perú and de Argentina, exactly like in English.
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