De dónde eres?

Where do you from, a typical question that one would ask after meeting a new friend

De (of) dónde (where) eres ([you] are)? (click on the link for sound)

Another strange way of ordering words. Why do we put the preposition 'of' as the first word in the sentence? I don't know, that's the way it is. Let's ask again.

The reply was simple, preposition cannot end a sentence, so we have to put them in front.

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