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How do you say "Where are you from?" in Russian?
Откуда ты?
Otkuda ty?
In Russian, "Where are you from?" is Откуда ты?.
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Pronunciation
OT-KOO-duh ty. Stress on the first syllable of otkuda.
Writing and usage
Откуда has seven letters. The Т looks like our T and makes a T sound.
Example sentence
Откуда ты родом?
Where are you from?
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How to remember Откуда ты?
Otkuda (from where) sounds like 'aht-COO-duh'. A cooled origin.
Related words
- What is the temperature? Какая температура? Kakaja temperatura?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? Какая температура в воскресенье? Kakaja temperatura v voskresenʹe?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? Какая температура в четверг? Kakaja temperatura v četverg?
- What is the temperature on Wednesday? Какая температура в среду? Kakaja temperatura v sredu?
- What is the weather? Какая погода? Kakaja pogoda?
- What is the weather on Monday? Какая погода в понедельник? Kakaja pogoda v ponedelʹnik?
- What is the weather on Sunday? Какая погода в воскресенье? Kakaja pogoda v voskresenʹe?
- What is your job? Кем ты работаешь? Kem ty rabotaešʹ?
- Why are you here? Почему ты здесь? Počemu ty zdesʹ?
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Questions about Откуда ты?
How do you say "Where are you from?" in Russian?
In Russian, "Where are you from?" is Откуда ты?. It is a noun.
How is Откуда ты? written in Russian?
Откуда has seven letters. The Т looks like our T and makes a T sound.
How is Откуда ты? used in a sentence?
Use Откуда ты? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Откуда ты родом? (Where are you from?).
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"Where are you from?" in other languages
- Japanese 出身地はどこですか？ (shusshinchi wa doko desu ka ？)
- Korean 어디에서 왔어요? (eodieseo wasseoyo?)
- Chinese 你来自哪里? (nǐ lái zì nǎ lǐ ?)
- Spanish ¿De dónde eres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿De dónde eres?
- French D'où viens-tu ?
- German Woher kommst du?
- Italian Di dove sei?
- Greek Από πού είσαι; (apo pu ise)
- Arabic أنت منين؟ (inta minin?)
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