Phrase · 🙋 Introducing yourself

Soy de São Paulo, pero vivo en Lima.

I'm from São Paulo, but I live in Lima.

A1saying where you're from and where you liveAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

Soy1verbI amser · present · 1st sing.de1prepositionfromSãonounSãoPaulonounPaulo,pero2conjunctionbutvivo3verbI livevivir · present · 1st sing.enprepositioninLimanounLima.

Soy → de: ser de = origin
de → São: de + city
vivo → en: vivir en + place
en → Lima: en + city

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Origin: ser de + place. Soy de… never changes, wherever you live. Ser: identity, origin, nationality and profession →
2
pero = but.
3
Where you live now: vivir en, yo vivo. Present tense: regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs →

Variations

Soy de Porto Alegre, pero vivo en Montevideo.
Soy de Brasil, pero vivo en México.