Talking About Nationality - Part 1

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Hi everyone, My name is Kyejin

안녕하세요, 케이진입니다

(annyeonghaseyo, keijin-ibnida)

Welcome to another Korean Whiteboard lesson

In this lesson, you will learn how to tell someone your nationality

Let's get started

Okay, let's look at the vocabulary in this lesson

Note that to say a nationality, we use

인

(in)

which means person after the country's name

한국인

(hangug-in)

South Korean

한국

(hangug)

means South Korea

and

인

(in)

means literally person

한국인

(hangug-in)

means South Korean person

So it's just South Korean

In the same pattern, we can say nationality as follows

멕시코인

(megsikoin)

you see 인 (in) here, person

멕시코

(megsiko)

name of the country

멕시코

(megsiko)

인 (in), person

Mexican in Korean is

멕시코인

(megsikoin)

Same here

러시아

(leosia)

name of the country,

인 (in), person

So Russian is

러시아인

(leosiain)

Now we have

인도인

(indoin)

So India is not India in Korean, it's

인도

(indo)

So be careful,

인도인

(indoin)

is not India,

인디아인

(indiain)

nope,

인도인

(indoin)

Next we have German in Korean, that is

독일인

(dog-il-in)

So 독일 (dog-il)

is the name of country, Germany,

독일인

(dog-il-in)

German, German person

프랑스인

(peulangseu-in)

French

So we don't have F sound, F sound in Korean

So it's not

프랑스인

(peulangseu-in)

it's

프랑스인

(peulangseu-in,)

French

It also has 인 (in) at the end because it's a person

So these are all nouns by the way,

it's noun, it's not an adjective, it's noun, it's a person, people

Let's look at more examples

We have

일본인

(ilbon-in)

so it has 인 (in) and it's Japanese

Next we have

브라질인

(beulajil-in)

Brazilian

Again, we don't have Z sound, so it's not

브라질인

(beulajil-in)

but it's

브라질인

(beulajil-in)

브라질

(beulajil)

it's a country, Brazilian

Now we have

이집트인

(ijibteu-in)

이집트

(ijibteu)

country in person,

이집트인

(ijibteu-in)

Egyptian

이탈리아인

(italliain)

so the country name,

이탈리아

(itallia)

And we just put in at the end, it's pretty simple, isn't it? Italian

Now we have Spanish in Korea, it's

스페인인

(seupein-in)

There are two in, but be careful

last in, last in, it just means person

And Spain, as you all know, is the name of the country

남아프리카인

(nam-apeulikain)

can you guess what it means?

It means South African

남 (nam), means South here, 남 (nam) means South,

아프리카

(apeulika)

remember?

We don't have F sound, so Africa becomes

아프리카

(apeulika)

in Korean

남아프리카인

(nam-apeulikain)

so South African or South African person

홍콩인

(hongkong-in)

so name of the place,

홍콩

(hongkong)

we just put in, simple,

홍콩어

(hongkong-eo)

Next we have Greek, and in Korean it's

그리스인

(geuliseu-in)

you hear the name of the country now in Korean pronunciation, right?

그리스

(geuliseu)

plus in,

그리스인

(geuliseu-in)

Greek

Next we have

이스라엘인

(iseula-el-in)

Israeli

캐나다인

(kaenadain)

we have in at the end,

캐나다

(kaenada)

name of the country, simple, right?

Next is

노르웨이인

(noleuweiin)

Norwegian

노르웨이인

(noleuweiin)

And now we have,

짠

(jjan)

인

(in)

스웨덴인

(seuweden-in)

seuweden country, in person,

스웨덴인

(seuweden-in,)

Swedish

And we also have this,

터키인

(teokiin)

Turkish,

터키인

(teokiin)

But I know the name of the country changed to Turkey, to Turkey

So you can also say

뒤르기예인

(dwileugiyein)

this is exactly same as

터키인

(teokiin)

but still,

터키

(teoki)

is more commonly used

Especially for the people who didn't know the name of the country changed

So I'm teaching you a little more common one

But please remember, I guess in the future more and more people use this word

터키인

(teokiin)

Next we have

캐냐인

(kenyain)

캐냐

(kenya)

the country, in,

캐냐인

(kenyain)

캐냐

(kenya)

Okay, so we learned a lot of these vocabularies

So please review and remember

Let's look at the dialogue

Two people are talking

When I read, I want you to pay attention to what nationality is used in the dialogue

캐나다인이에요?

(kaenadain-ieyo?)

아니요

(aniyo)

캐나다인이 아니에요

(kaenadain-i anieyo)

프랑스인이에요

(peulangseu-in-ieyo)

Are you Canadian?

No, I'm not Canadian, I'm French

So one more time, I'll read slowly

캐나다인이에요?

(kaenadain-ieyo?)

아니요

(no)

캐나다인이 아니에요

(kaenadain-i anieyo)

프랑스인이에요

(peulangseu-in-ieyo)

Now let's look at the sentence pattern

This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow as below

You can ask someone's nationality with

이예요

(iyeyo)

Nationality?

이예요?

(iyeyo?)

Are you a nationality?

And if someone asks about your nationality and the nationality is wrong

You can answer with

이 아니에요

(i anieyo)

이 아니에요

(i anieyo)

In this case, you can say

아니에요

(anieyo)

first

아니요 (aniyo) means no

아니요

(aniyo)

nationality?

이 아니에요

(i anieyo)

No, I'm not a nationality

And you can say your nationality

Nationality?

이예요

(iyeyo)

Nationality?

이예요

(iyeyo)

If you want to say casually, you can change

이예요

(iyeyo)

이야

(iya)

And

아니요

(aniyo)

아니

(ani)

And

아니에요

(anieyo)

아니야

(aniya)

So all together, you can say nationality?

이야

(iya)

아니

(ani)

nationality?

이 아니야

(i aniya)

Nationality?

이야

(iya)

When you introduce your nationality to someone,

you can also use

사람

(salam)

after the country's name instead of using

인

(in)

Both

사람 (salam) and 인 (in) mean person

For example,

한국 사람

(hangug salam)

means South Korean

미국 사람

(migug salam)

means American

중국 사람

(jung-gug salam)

means Chinese

However, if you use these nationality words before another noun like a Korean student

Saying it with 인 (in) is more natural rather than 사람 (salam)

For example, a Korean student is

한국인 학생

(hangug-in hagsaeng)

not

한국 사람 학생

(hangug salam hagsaeng)

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