Beginners Survival Japanese 4: Where are you from?

[Math617261273]

So what do I say if I'm a ''haafu'', a person of dual nationality? I'm half portuguese and half german, I born and live a big part of my life in Germany but my father is portuguese and I have a very portuguese name (I also speak portuguese fluently), just like the german footballer Mario Gomez that is half spanish.

And England in Japanese wasn't イングランド (Ingurando)? Or all UK countries have the same name in Japanese?

[twinkie9114]

what does shakaijin desu mean? or would i have to say watashi wa shakaijin desu. to make it complete??

[ytvration]

Your lovely assistant is so cool!

[S33LiN4]

What about Turkey? That's where I'm from^^

[109mytiger]

@S33LiN4 Turkey is Toruko in Japanese.

[S33LiN4]

@109mytiger Thanks! 

[BaabaduheHe]

I've always wondered how do you say ''Latvia'' [It's a country, I live in it. lol] in Japanese.. hm.

[HarriHaffi]

watashi wa suui-den kara kimashita! Is that right?

MVHH

[laznick1990]

私はデンマク人です！

[MrFukthoseusernames]

cercl

[ChaeChaeChalupas]

@Miglord Thank you :)

[tremault]

what about welsh? the distinction between british, english and welsh is very important to us :)

[MANNY100123]

Very helpful!!!! Thanks so much!!!

[ChaeChaeChalupas]

Does "watashi wa igirisu jin desu" mean "I am British" or "I am English?" Just coz when you did the "I am from england" one the "igirisu" was still there. I was just wondering coz I would say I am British but I'm not English. If it does mean "English", how do you say "I am Scottish?" :) Great video by the way, this series is really useful :)

[tremault]

@ChaeChaeChalupas i discovered that another name for UK is eikoku. it is possible that eikokujin is british and igirisujin is english, but I am not certain. I wish there was more education overseas about the difference between our people's, I do so hate it when people call me english. I'm welsh dammit.

[Miglord]

@ChaeChaeChalupas It seems that 'igirisu' is indeed 'English'. As a fellow jock I just get by by saying 'Watashi wa Sukotturado jin desu'. :)

[Laura17T]

ありがとうございました。

[volibolista4]

I think I may be the first to say this.

俺はプエルトリコ人です

[lilbondblacky]

i dont get why alot of Americans think us brits talk posh cause we really dont no offence victor it just kinda gives the impression that we up our selves and i dont like to think of it that that way. i think the way Americans see us talk is based on old stereo types from donkeys years ago lol nobody ever talks like that anymore. ちょっと違います。

[MsShalalala]

I know these from Hetalia (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[lollypoprain]

@karekora thank you !

[osakaben10]

as always, tomoko is so genki!

[MurdocLC]

I always wanna use ni with kara. Xd I need to remove that habit in these cases.

[gothicmuffinofdoom]

私はエジプト人です。

I don't think this one is used often ^_^

[mrbeanbag]

wa tah shi wah uchujin desu , uchuu kara kimashita , dakedo boku wa UFO motteinai desu



[Tenshouification]

@mrbeanbag lol fail

[isausol]

僕はイギリスから来ました。ロンドンに生みまして住んでいます。­

[BahamutDKing]

Never offened by people saying britsh are posh or speak that way cause the to be truthful about the way most talk and act would hurt my feelings more.

[Degenskonto]

I love how you "surprise" Tomoko when you turn to her with "I am American" haha

And people, dont forget that wa is spelled ha when written in Hiragana :)

[Thibsey]

私はコロアチアから来ました。

私はコロアチア人です。

[shirankao69]

Tomoko's dress is quite pretty.

[csleverette]

私はｱﾒﾘｶ人です。ｼﾞｮｵｼﾞｬ(?)から来ました。

[CookieZealCat]

I heard that Japanese people normally don't use watashi wa and anata o.o

[tremault]

@CookieZealCat depends if you are being polite or not.

[akirasugoineko]

How do you say sweden in japanese?

[lissheim]

@akirasugoineko Watashi wa suweeden kara kimashita. Från en svensk till en annan. ;)

[TheKenrid]

Don't japanese usually avoid using anata?

[mrgx90]

Watashi wa Berugin jin desu! Arigatogozaimasu Bicta-san!

[markshmily]

Could you just be lazy and just say "America"? :P

Thank you both for all your hard work on another great lesson.

[ItchyKneeSon]

@markshmily Yes, everybody will understand that.  Do your best to use Japanese pronunciation, though.

[JapanAndThings]

I actually hear something along the lines of 「どこの出身（ですか）？」 the most and never hear it phrased as 「どこの人」. Sometimes people will ask me 「何人（ですか）？」 (なにじん) or 「どちらからいらしゃいましたか？」 . Other than the last one, maybe it`s kind of a regional thing?

Good tip though. Everyone always asks that question.

[veuvecliquot]

i have a permanent loop of tomoko hula dancing in my brain

[Tenshouification]

@veuvecliquot lol

[DarkOchestra2008]

私は勿論米国人です。

[eeskaatt]

watashi wa Firipin-jin desu.

[ethanj2003]

Watashi ha Uchuu jin desu

Watashi ha Uchuu kara kimashitebayo :P

[ArcherLigion]

poop



[johngovea44]

Watashi wa amerika jin desu!

[lollypoprain]

Can someone tell me how to say Portugal in japanese ? please help

[johngovea44]

@lollypoprain ポルトガル or Porutogaru

[karekora]

@lollypoprain

ポルトガル　（ＰＯＲＵＴＡＧＡＲＵ）

[BrokenClocks08]

僕はイギリス人です。

日本語を勉強していますが、まだ上手じゃありません。

[BobbyHyattVideos]

僕はイングランドから来ました :D i wrote it again coz of the typo. damn Microsoft IME! :P

[japaneseformorons]

@BobbyHyattVideos

着ました？　Don't you mean 来ました?

[ArcheonW]

unlisted video?

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@ArcheonW

Checking for typos.