JAPANESE EXPRESSION 3

Expressions

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I'm from ...
I'm from Brazil.	Burajiru kara kimashita.
South Korea	Kankoku kara kimashita.
China	Chūgoku kara kimashita.
Australia	Ōsutoraria kara kimashita.
U. S. A.	Amerika kara kimashita.
kara: from kimashita: came
See Nations page for other countries.

Nationality
I am Japanese.	Watashi wa Nihon-jin desu.
Is Ms. Wang Australian?	Wan-san wa Ōsutoraria-jin desuka?
He is not American	Kare wa Amerika-jin dewa arimasen.
What nationality is she?	Kanojo wa Nani-jin desuka?
watashi: I / anata: you / kare: he / kanojo: she Country name + jin = nationality Nihon-jin: Japanese Nani-jin desuka?: What nationality?

Profession
We are also students.	Watashi tachi mo gakusei desu.
Are they also engineers?	Kare ra mo enjinia desuka?
Are you (all) also officeworkers?	Anata tachi mo kaishain desuka?
watashi tachi: we / anata tachi: you (all) / kare ra: they (men) / kanojo tachi: they (women) mo: also (comes after the subject instead of "wa") gakusei: student kaishain: office worker enjinia: engineer Hai, so desu.: Yes, it is so. Iie, chigai masu.: No, it isn't so.

Name
His name is Paul.	kare no namae wa Pōru desu.
What is (your) name?	Onamae wa nan desuka?
What is her name?	Kanojo no namae wa nan desuka?
What is (your) job?	Oshigoto wa nan desuka?
What is Ms.Wang's job?	Wan-san no shigoto wa nan desuka?
noun + no = possessive watashi no: my / anata no: your / kare no: his / kanojo no: her namae: name shigoto: job onamae wa nandesuka?: What is (your) name? oshigoto wa nandesuka?: What is (your) job? "o" (prefix to make the word polite) is usually attached when you ask name or job directly to the person.

Who?
Who is that person?	Ano hito wa dare desuka?
Who are those people?	Ano hito tachi wa dare desuka?
Who is her boyfriend?	Kanojo no boifurendo wa dare desuka?
hito: person / hito tachi: people kono (hito): this (person) / sono (hito): that (person) / ano (hito): that (person) dare: who tomodachi: friend kazoku: family bōifurendo: boyfriend / gārufurendo: girlfriend

Whose?
Whose pen is this?	Kore wa dare no pen desuka?
Whose friend is he?	Kare wa dare no tomodachi desuka?
It's not his family's book.	Sore wa kare no kazoku no hon dewa arimasen.
pen: pen hon: book dare no: whose