In this lesson, you'll learn how to answer that all important question that you'll be asked frequently – 어디 사람이에요? - Where are you from?
Whether you're Brazilian or French, this lesson on nationalities in Korean will prepare you for that question and help you ask them in return.
This time we'll be going over the second way of talking about where you're from, and nationalities in Korean.
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국적
gookjuk
Nationality
브라질 사람
beurajil saram
Brazilian
호주 사람
hoju saram
Australian
캐나다 사람
kaenada saram
Canadian
칠레 사람
chille saram
Chilean
중국 사람
jungguk saram
Chinese
콜롬비아 사람
kollombia saram
Colombian
포루투갈 사람
porutugal saram
Portuguese
프랑스 사람
peurangseu saram
French
독일 사람
dogil saram
German
미국 사람
miguk saram
American
영국 사람
yeongguk saram
English
일본 사람
ilbon saram
Japanese
인도 사람
indo saram
Indian
인도네시아 사람
indoneshia saram
Indonesian
말레이시아 사람
malleishia saram
Malaysian
웨일즈 사람
we-il-jeu saram
Welsh
아일랜드 사람
a-illandeu saram
Irish
스코틀랜드 사람
seukoteullandeu saram
Scottish
저는 영국 사람이에요
jeoneun yeongguk salam-ieyo
I'm English
No matter how good your pronunciation is, most people in Korea will know you're not a native speaker. As such, this is one of the first questions someone new you meet will ask you. You can answer this simply with the country you're from – 저는 영국에서 왔어요 (I'm from England). But you can also answer by using the nationality form 저는 영국 사람이에요 (I'm English).
저는 …에서 왔어요.
Jeoneun …e-seo wasseoyo.
I'm from… [country]
저는 영국에서 왔어요
Jeoneun yeongguk-e-seo wasseoyo.
I'm from England.
Thats it for this lesson.
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