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Personal profile

On the form you entered single details and turned them into short sentences. A profile – for a language course, an app or an exchange programme, for example – is more: a little text about you. For that, you join your sentences.

Joining sentences with y

Single sentences sound choppy: Vivo en Panamá. Estudio español. With y (and) you join two pieces of information into one sentence: Vivo en Panamá y estudio español. With three pieces of information, use a comma and put y only before the last one: Me llamo Ana, soy de México y vivo en Colón.

You leave out yo – the verb form already shows that you are talking about yourself.

A contrast with pero

If two things don't go together, join them with pero (but) and a comma before it: Soy alemán, pero vivo en Panamá. Me gusta el fútbol, pero no me gusta el tenis.

How a profile is built

A simple order helps: name and age → origin and home → work or studies → what you like. A profile could look like this: Me llamo Tom y tengo 31 años. Soy alemán, pero vivo en Colón. Soy profesor y estudio español. Me gusta la playa, pero no me gusta el calor.

Examples

  • Vivo en Panamá y estudio español.
  • Me llamo Ana, soy de México y vivo en Colón.
  • Soy alemán, pero vivo en Panamá.

Exercises

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Exercise 1 of 5

Sofía's profile

Choose the right linking word. Afterwards you can listen to the profile.

Me llamo Sofía tengo 26 años.
Soy mexicana, vivo en Panamá.
Trabajo en una oficina estudio inglés.
Me gusta la música, no me gusta bailar.
estoy casada.
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Exercise 2 of 5

Home and studies

Drag the words into the correct order.

First say that you live in Panama, then that you are learning Spanish.

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Exercise 3 of 5

Three sentences, one sentence

Join the three sentences into one sentence.

Me llamo Ana. Soy de México. Vivo en Colón.

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Exercise 4 of 5

Does this fit Laura?

Laura has written her profile. Correct the two mistakes.

Me llamo Laura, soy alemán y soy profesor.

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Exercise 5 of 5

Diego's profile

Write Diego's profile in four sentences. Diego is talking about himself.

Diego is 24 years old. He is Mexican but lives in Panama City. He works in a restaurant and is learning English. He likes football, but not tennis.
Name and age (with y):
Origin and home (with pero):
Work and studies (with y):
What he likes and doesn't like (with pero):