esta es mi mamá — es de Perú
this is my mum — she's from Peru (ser)
Common trap for English speakers ser for identity and origin — who someone is and where they're from.
In the story
Esta es mi mamá — es de Perú.
Lucía
Hear how Mía introduces a person in a photo: “esta es mi mamá” — feminine “esta” for “this,” with flat a-a vowels: es-ta es. And “mi mamá” — stress on the last syllable, ma-MÁ. Then origin with ser: “es de Perú.” That’s permanent origin.…
Lucía
Slow: es-ta es mi ma-MÁ — es de Pe-RÚ. Your turn.
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 10