curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/es-a1-learn-basic-personal-information/69335023b9c58dbd8c41ac35.md
In this task, you will hear Ángela ask a short but common follow-up question in Spanish.
Notice how this question omits the word cuál, but it's still understood from context.
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is Ángela asking Mateo?
She is asking for Mateo's email.
That would be something like ¿Y tu correo electrónico?
She is asking for Mateo's nationality.
That would be ¿Y tu nacionalidad?
She is asking how old Mateo is.
That would be ¿Cuántos años tienes?
She is asking what is Mateo's profession.
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Ángela says ¿Y tu profesión?, a short follow-up question. Y connects this question to the previous topic.
Even though she does not say ¿Cuál es...?, the full question is understood from context:
¿Cuál es tu profesión?
In conversation, Spanish often omits repeated words when the meaning is clear.
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"text": "¿Y tu profesión?",
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