People and places · LESSON 2 / 4

Countries, people and language names

Say a nationality and distinguish a country from a language name.

Quick phrase

저는 한국 사람이에요.

I am Korean. A fictional self-introduction.

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Keep country, person and language separate. 한국 is Korea, 한국 사람 is a Korean person, and 한국어 is the Korean language. 일본 is Japan, 일본 사람 is a Japanese person, and 일본어 is the Japanese language. These two countries are a small practice set, not a list of all nationalities.

Listen and choose

Listen first. Choose what you hear. This optional practice does not change your saved quiz score.

저는 한국 사람이에요.

I am Korean. A fictional self-introduction.

준호는 일본 사람이에요.

Junho is Japanese in this fictional profile.

한국 · 한국 사람 · 한국어

Korea · a Korean person · the Korean language

일본 · 일본 사람 · 일본어

Japan · a Japanese person · the Japanese language

Useful basics on this page

이에요 or 예요? →학생 → 학생이에요.

student → I am a student, in a self-introduction.

저는: introduce a topic with 은 and 는 →저는 학생이에요.

I am a student.

Notice the pattern

In 한국 사람 and 일본 사람, 사람 means person. 사람 ends in final ㅁ, so use 사람이에요. Leave a space between the country name and 사람. 한국어 and 일본어 are language names. A nationality does not tell us what languages someone speaks; this lesson makes no such assumption.

Try it yourself

Which word names a country?

Which word means the Japanese language?

Choose a complete polite statement meaning “I am Korean” in a self-introduction.

Build “Junho is Japanese.” for this fictional profile.

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Quick review: which topic phrase fits the name 민준?

RETRIEVE BEFORE YOU REVEAL

Say it in your own time.

Say a fictional nationality statement, then name the Korean language.

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