我 是 美国人。I am American. wǒ shì měi guó rén.我 是 Joyce。I am Joyce.wǒ shì Joyce.我 叫 Johnny。My name is Johnny.wǒ jiào Johnny.你 是 哪 国 人?Which country do you come from?nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?DialogueVocabularyExpansionGrammarDialogueA:你是哪国人？Nǐshìnǎguórén?What's your nationality?
DownloadB:我是中国人。Wǒshìzhōng guórén.I am Chinese.
DownloadA:你好，你是哪国人？Nǐhǎo,nǐshìnǎguórén?Hello, what's your nationality?
DownloadB:我是法国人。你呢？wǒshìfǎ guórén,nǐne?I am French, what about you?
DownloadA:我是中国人。Wǒshìzhōng guórén.I am Chinese.
DownloadA:杰克是哪国人？Jiékèshìnǎguórén?What's Jack's nationality?
DownloadB:杰克是德国人。Jiékèshìdéguórén.Jack is a German.
DownloadVocabulary哪nǎpron.which, short for 哪个((nǎ gè)国guón. country人rénn. person or people中国zhōng guón. China中国人zhōng guó rénn. Chinese person美国měi guón. America美国人měi guó rénn. AmericanExpansionOther ways to ask people's nationality.你是哪个国家的人？Nǐshìnǎgeguójiāderén?What's your nationality? (A more casual way of saying“nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?”)
Download你从哪里来？Nǐcóngnǎlǐlái?Where do you come from?
DownloadGrammarThe use of 是( shì )—To be (am/ is/are)是( shì ) is a verb which means to be, and you can consider it equivalent to "am, is, are" in English. Because Chinese verbs don't conjugate, 是( shì )doesn't change to singular or plural forms. No matter you want to say I am, she is, you are or they are, we use the same 是( shì ) after the subject.Tips: subject + 是( shì ) +noun, that is, subject + verb (be) + object
For exampe:
我是法国人。wǒshìfǎ guó rén.I am French.Download我也学生。wǒshìxué shēng.I am student.Download我是老师。wǒshìlǎo shī.I am teacher.DownloadWhich— 哪(nǎ )or 哪个 (nǎ gè)The Chinese word 哪个 (nǎ gè) is equivalent to "which" in English. And sometimes we can just use 哪(nǎ )short for 哪个 (nǎ gè) if 哪(nǎ ) is followed by a measure word ( The measue word will be introduced in Lesson 21). Today you can simply remember 哪国(nǎ guó) literally means which country.subjectverbobject我是中国人。wǒshìzhōng guó rén.I am Chinese person.Downloadchange theunchangedchange to the corresponding question wordsubjectverbobject你是哪 国 人?nǐshìnǎ guó rén?You are which country person?Download