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[bisiklet.livejournal.com]

Hey there I need some help with phrases =]

How would you say, "Where are you from?"?
..And how would you answer, "I am from..."?


I'm a beginner :P Thanks in advance!

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[gulidar.livejournal.com]

Откуда Вы/ты (родом)?

Я (родом) из ...

"родом" is unnesesary, but with it question or answer sounds better :)

[bisiklet.livejournal.com]

thank you! ♥

[gulidar.livejournal.com]

Welcome :)
And i just realized - that can sound a bit old-fashioned, but i cant remember any other variants :)

[haallan.livejournal.com]

You should say Откуда вы? and Я - из...

But if you want to sound more natural and informal, the question should go as Вы откуда? (if you speak with someone who you don't know well or with some older person) or Ты откуда? (that's for someone who you know reasonably well or for the person of the same age).

You do not need to say "родом". It's outdated :))))

[zarxos.livejournal.com]

What case follows Я - из...?

[gnomygnomy.livejournal.com]

Genetive case.

[the-oldest.livejournal.com]

1. "Where you are from?" is "Товарищ, вы откуда приехали?" or "Слышь, парень, ты ваще с какого города?" (but phrases can be only adressed to a man)
2. "Тутошний я" means "I am from this town" and "Сами мы не местные, беженцы из ...(genetive case)" means "I am from ...".

But don`t use this phrases in official speaking. ;)

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

Having a bit of fun, are we?

^.^

[the-oldest.livejournal.com]

Just kiddin`)

And if you want to make a russian laught you still can use this)

[tania-otvagina.livejournal.com]

I think that the answer of the_oldest is only a joke. You should never use this phrases. In Russian "Товарищ, вы откуда приехали?" sounds quite funny (товарищ - comrade, this word is connected with USSR, we don't use it now). "Слышь, парень, ты ваще с какого города?" sounds quite agressive and it is not the literary language, it is jargon. "Тутошний я" is not the literary language too, it is language of the uneducated people. "Сами мы не местные, беженцы из ..." sounds funny too, because it means "We are not inhabitants, we are refugees".

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

+ 1

[bisiklet.livejournal.com]

haha thankss