Countries and Nationalities

The lessons that use the following vocabulary are Lesson 3 – Where are you from? and Lesson 4 – Are you here on vacation?

国家	guójiā	country
中国	Zhōngguó	China
日本	Rìběn	Japan
韩国	Hánguó	South Korea
美国	Měiguó	United States of America
英国	Yīngguó	Britain
你是哪国人？	Nǐ shì nǎ guórén?	What’s your nationality?
我是美国人。	Wǒ shì Měiguórén.	I’m American.
我们都是美国人。	Wǒmen dōu shì Měiguórén.	We are both/all American.
你是中国人吗？	Nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ma?	Are you Chinese?
我不是中国人。	Wǒ búshi Zhōngguórén.	I’m not Chinese.

Note:

In order to form nationalities, we simply add the word for person “人” (rén) at the end of the country name. for example: the word for “American” is “美国人” (Měiguórén). You can remember it as: Nationality = Country + Person (人).