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[misu]

Hello everyone!
If someone says, for example: "I am from Berlin" but wants to mention also the country "Germany", what is the right way so say it?

1. "I am from Berlin, from Germany"
2. "I am from Berlin, in Germany"

And what if somenone starts mentioning the country first and then wants to add the city? What is the right way to say it?

1. "I am from Germany, from Berlin"
2 ?

Thank you!

 

[tedmc]

Just say: I am from Berlin, Germany. But I think Berlin is well-known enough without stating the country.

 

[Rover_KE]

1. I'm from Großbreitenbach in Germany.

2. I'm from Germany—Gerolzhofen in Bavaria.

(All your sentences should end with Punkten).

 

[PeterCW]

Just say: I am from Berlin, Germany. But I think Berlin is well-known enough without stating the country.

Possibly not if you are speaking to somebody from New Hampshire or Maryland; both states have towns called Berlin.

In conversation, I would be inclined to put the country first but it doesn't really matter. Your first option doesn't sound natural; the other two both sound OK to me.

 

[teechar]

Possibly not if you are speaking to somebody from New Hampshire or Maryland, both states have towns called Berlin.

Your first option doesn't sound natural the other two both sound OK to me.

I note that emsr2d2 has edited the post. Those two are run-on sentences (punctuation mistakes).

In conversation, I would be inclined to put the country first

I'm from Canada, Vancouver.
I'm from Vancouver, Canada.

I must say that the second sounds more natural to me.

 

[Rover_KE]

Whether you include the country/state/county/nearest city depends on who you're talking to, and what you judge to be their existing knowledge of your hometown.

 

[misu]

Just say: I am from Berlin, Germany. But I think Berlin is well-known enough without stating the country.

It was not about the question wheter one would know where Berlin is. :-D

 

[emsr2d2]

It was not about [STRIKE]the question[/STRIKE] whether one would know where Berlin is. :-D

We know that but sometimes we can give different advice depending on the context.

If the person knows you're talking about Germany, you can say "I'm from Berlin".
If there is a chance they don't know which country you're talking about, say "I'm from Berlin, Germany".

Note that in both I've used the contraction "I'm". That is much more likely than "I am".