Ask Questions about Country and Nationality

Yesterday, I got a message from my friend about Chinese Learning, about” Where are you from?”

Well, this question always happens on the first meet between you and Chinese people in China, it is a question about your nationality.

According to this case, I make the same kind of questions together, and the examples below:

Question 1

nǐ shì nǎ lǐ rén？
◆你是哪里人？
(What’s your nationality?/Where do you come from?)

Answer 1

　wǒ shì+Country+rén
◆我是+Country+人
(I am American. I am Chinese….and so on)

Eg:
wǒ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén。
◆我是中国人。
(I am Chinese.)

Question 2

　nǐ lái zì nǎ gè guó jiā？ 
◆你来自哪个国家？
(Which country do you come from?)

Answer 2

wǒ lái zì+Country
◆我来自+Country
(I come from……)

Eg: 
wǒ lái zì zhōnɡ ɡuó。
◆我来自中国。
(I come from China.)

The next two questions are the Yes/No Question Sentences. And the answers of this kind of questions always have a rule: Put the “yes or no” in front of the sentences to tell the people it is right or not.

Question 3

nǐ shì měi guó rén ma？
◆你是美国人吗？
(Are you American?)

Answer 3

　shì ， wǒ shì měi guó rén。
◆是，我是美国人。
(Yes, I am American.)

bù，wǒ bú shì měi guó rén ，wǒ shì+Country+rén。
◆不，我不是美国人，我是+country+人。
(No, I am not American, I am…)

Eg:
　bù，wǒ bú shì měi guó rén ，wǒ shì bā xī rén。
◆不，我不是美国人，我是巴西人。
(No, I am not American, I am Brazilian.)

Question 4

nǐ lái zì měi ɡuó mɑ？ 
◆你来自美国吗？
(Are you from America?)

Answer 4

shì ，wǒ lái zì měi guó。
◆是，我来自美国。
(Yes, I am from America.)

bú shì，wǒ bù lái zì měi ɡuó，wǒ lái zì+Country。
◆不是，我不来自美国，我来自+Country。
(No, I am not from America, I am from…)

Eg:
　bú shì，wǒ bù lái zì měi ɡuó，wǒ lái zì bā xī。
◆不是，我不来自美国，我来自巴西。
(No, I am not from America, I am from Brazil.)