Talk About My City In Spanish

¿Cómo es tu ciudad? or What’s your city like? is a common question people may ask you if you are visiting a Spanish speaking country or if you are learning the language. Talking about tu ciudad or your city is important since it is also a good icebreaker. 

In order to describe your city, you need to learn some adjectives to describe where you live, some places in your city or how to give directions. No matter where you live, you need to learn basic vocabulary to tell others about your town.

First of all, you need to understand the questions a Spanish speaker may ask you to describe your city. ¿Cómo es….? or What’s…..like? is the most common information question to start talking about tu ciudad or your city or tu pueblo or your town. In any of these questions the main verb is the verb to be or es, the 3rd person singular of the verb ser. 

In order to answer the question ¿Cómo es tu ciudad?, you need to learn some basic adjectives in the Spanish language. Once you have learnt a few of them, remember the word order in the Spanish language. First, you mention if you live in a ciudad or city, the campo or countryside, a pueblo or town. 

Then, you add the adjective. The word order in the spanish language is indefinite article + noun + adjective: Una ciudad hermosa or A beautiful city. 

The verb to be in the spanish language has two meanings: ser and estar. In order to talk about locations you simply use the second meaning. You say Mi ciudad está al norte de Barcelona meaning My city is in the north of Barcelona. The verb está matches the 3rd person singular. 

In order to describe a city using adjectives, you use the other meaning: ser which you conjugate in the 3rd persona singular. 

You can also use the verb tener or to have to describe some features in your city such as monuments, rivers, a coast, among others. The verb tiene matches the 3rd person singular. You simply say Mi ciudad tiene…. or my city has…..

In order to say where some significant places are you use the verb estar or quedar which literally means to be or to stay/remain. You need to use the 3rd person singular of both verbs: está and queda. Both verbs are used interchangeably and referrers where a particular place is located.