Conversing and inquiring about someone's personal background When you want to know about someone's personal background (e.g.,
hometown
or the country s/he comes from), the question 어디서 오셨어요? 'Where are
you from?' is often used (어디서 is a shortened form of
어디에서). The
response to this question is '(place/location)에서 왔어요'>/font>, as shown in
the following structure:
(1) 스티브: 저는 미국에서 왔어요. 마크씨는 어디서 오셨어요?
When you specify a town or a city you came from along with the country,
the larger unit (e.g., country) should precede the smaller unit (e.g.,
city). For example, (1) in the above can be made more specific as follows:
(2) 스티브: 저는 미국 뉴욕에서 왔어요. 마크씨는 어디서 오셨어요?
Instead of 어디서 오셨어요?, 고향이 어디예요? 'Where is your hometown?'
can be used.
A: 고향이 어디예요?
Note that 어디예요? and 어디 있어요? are sometimes interchangeable.
However, in the case of 고향 'hometown', 고향이 어디 있어요? is
unacceptable.
In general, movable objects such as 'book' (책) are not used in 어디예요?,
but used in 어디 있어요? form.
[연습 1] Practice the following dialogue with your classmate.
Now exchange the following information.
A: 안녕하세요? 제 이름은 ________________________.
Practice the conversation again using a deferential style.
[연습 2] Let's find out where each student in the chart below comes
from. Play the both roles according to the sample dialogue below.
스티브: 샌디씨, 어디서 왔어요?
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