Questions & Answers about ¿De qué país eres?
Why is de at the beginning of the sentence instead of the end?
In English, we often end questions with a word like from, as in 'What country are you from?'. In Spanish, sentences never end with a preposition. You must put de (from) at the very beginning, so the sentence literally translates to 'From what country are you?'.
Why do we use eres instead of estás?
Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?
The pronoun tú (you) is left out because the verb form eres (are) only ever goes with tú. In Spanish, if the verb ending makes it completely clear who is doing the action, you can drop the subject pronoun to sound more natural.
Why does qué have an accent mark on the e?
All question words in Spanish require a written accent mark when used in a direct question. This helps tell the question word qué (what) apart from the normal linking word que (that).