"Where are they from?"

Translation: Di dove sono?

[chemacasado]

Sono di but Vengo da, right?

[Rompip]

Thanks for this info; I didn't know that

[Seresam]

right

[Mico_di_Ostia]

This is going to be difficult to remember, ma paso a paso

[Daimmmler]

That's really helpful!

[Kai840814]

Was searching for this for long, thanks!

[cheleskare]

I've got li and la straight in my head (interchangeable)... but what about di and da?

[LilDernerser]

Di = from (as in origin)
Ex: I'm from Italy

Da = from (as in motion)
Ex: I've just come from the market

[Rodeng2]

Ok, so I'll imagine Lady Di holding up a Union Jack flag and Salvador Dali on a bicycle

[SharonP921]

Just a few examples before this, Duo said "da" = from, and "di" = of. Whats the entire rule? Very confusing!!!

[jamdunk]

Thanks for this.

[MeLlamoPimienta]

Life saver you are

[Randonneur3]

Da dove vengono == Di dove sono. Aha !

[PatHargan]

Why not 'sono di dove'?

[Nrivas07]

With that question, you're asking "I am from where?". So in Italian this question is literally translated to, "From where, are they?" I can't answer completely as I do not speak Italian, only Spanish and English, but I hope it helped a bit.

[GIVN2SIN]

I wrote "loro sono di dove," which would seem to fix the above ambiguity issue, but I was also wrong.

[undomielle]

cool. thanks for the clarification on this.

[Taa0pe]

I am a bit baffled about the possible abiguity of the sentence "Di dove sono?". As such it could also indicate 'Where I (myself) am from?'. This is why I felt it necessary to add the Italian personal pronoun 'loro'.

[LorenzoLM]

At the end, loro or io would clarify, but I'm not sure why you would ask "where am I from?" other than as a surpised reply to di dov'è Lei? o di dove sei?

[GURIBAGUAL]

I wrote "Di dove loro sono?" But it told me I was wrong :( But I think I wrote right still.

[WilliamM.G]

Why is "Da dove stanno" incorrect?

[German4me22]

Da dove vengono accepted

[Alan534543]

sometimes you put di and sometimes da: WHICH IS IT or are both right, in which case don't mark it wrong!

[AndrisRoze]

Why not da dove because in the drop-down menu both are suggested. Rather confusing!

[LorenzoLM]

da dove with venire for from where have you traveled (from the hotel)

di dove with essere for from where do you exist/live/originate (from Italy)

[German4me22]

Da dove arrivano also correct.

[Rosie989821]

why now Di dove, and just now it was Da dove...?

[dinghao42]

Good comments. The literal translation: ' Di ( place of birth ) dove ( where ) sono ( they ). Thus, ' From where are they? ' I guess we just have to remember the Italian syntax for these kinds of examples. Also, it seems that, ' Di dove sono ' can be translated to, ' From where am I? ' For example, when asking someone to guess where your from.

[joanna660400]

" da dove " should be correct as in " da dove vengono "

[LesserWeev]

But why does Duo mark " da dove vengono " wrong, they both mean the same thing.

[cargaluz]

Da dove vengano

[Angela278527]

My Itslian teacher repeated this like a mantra "sono DI", "vengo DA", he'd be happy to know it was effective :)