My unit 07

This series explains some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English.
It's really useful, and it only takes three minutes.
In this lesson, you're going to learn some different ways people will ask you, " Where are you from?"
First, though, " Where are you from?" can mean many thing :
It can mean :
* What city are you from?
* What states are you from?
In fact, Americans ask this question to each other all the time to learn what part of America the other person comes from.
Of course, though, it can also mean " What country are you from?"
If you want to answer this question, there are two ways to do it.
You can say : I'm....plus your nationality.
I'm ( your nationality ) as in I'm Japanese or I'm Brazilian.
Or you can say : I'm from ....plus the country you are from
As in I'm from Italy or I'm from Thailand.
If you're from a really famous city or place, you can say that too.
For eaxample : I'm from Beịjing or I'm from New Delhi.
Many times, though Americans won't ask , " What country are you from?"
Or even " Where are you from? "
In many casual situations, they will say it in a simpler way : Where you from?
This is just like " where are you from?" but they take out the "are"... Where you from?
You can use this too in casual situations.
Of course, in the United States, as in other parts of the world people may be a little more indirect because they want to be polite.
To do it, they might ask you, if you are from the place where they meet you.
For example, if you meet someone in New York, they might ask :
Are you from New York?
Or if you are in San Diego, they might :
Are you from San Diego?
Many parts in the United States are very multi-cultural so asking the question this way avoids what could be an embarrassing mistake.
You can answer this the same way you answer " where are you from?" just add the simple "No" in front
For example, you can say : No + I'm + nationality
Are you from San Diego? No, I'm French.
Or No + I'm from + country : No, I.m from Russia.
Now, it's time for Alisha's Advice
Since the United States is very large people you meet may take great pride in the place or region they come from.
If you ask someone about where they're from they may respond by saying something like, West Coast, or the East Coast or California, or the South or the Midwest.
If they answer in this way it usually means they are interested in talking more about their region and how it differs from other.
In this lesson, we learned some different ways to ask, "where are you from?"