Collocation
Where are you from?
A common question used to ask about someone's country, city, or place of origin.
Definition
'Where are you from?' is a common English collocation. A common question used to ask about someone's country, city, or place of origin.
Where + BE + subject + from?
“Where are you from?”
Examples
- Hi, I'm Clara. Where are you from?
- Excuse me, where are you from? I love your accent!
- The new student seems a bit shy. Where is she from, do you know?
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- We're organizing a cultural event. Where are all these international students from?
- I just woke up. Where am I from? Oh, right, I'm from Canada.
- That's an interesting regional dialect. Where is he from?
- I can't place their specific background. Where are they from?
- When someone asks me, 'Where are you from?', I always say I'm from New York.
- Before moving to this city, where were you from originally?
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