In this article we will talk about countries and nationalities in Japanese because, apart from knowing how to say our name and ask for it, we should also know about how to say our country or nationality.
HOW TO SAY OUR COUNTRY IN JAPANESE | Japanese countries
| Spain | supein | スペイン |
| Estonia | esutonia | エストニア |
| Philippines | firipin | フィリピン |
| Finland | finrando | フィンランド |
| France | furansu | フランス |
| Greece | girisha | ギリシャ |
| Guatemala | guatemara | グァテマラ |
| Hungary | hangarī | ハンガリー |
| India | indo | インド |
| Indonesia | indoneshia | インドネシア |
| England | igirisu | イギリス |
| Iran | iran | イラン |
| Ireland | airurando | アイルランド |
| Italy | itaria | イタリア |
| Japan | nihon | にほん |
| Latvia | ratobia | ラトビア |
| Lithuania | ritoania | リトアニア |
| Honduras | Honjurasu | ホンジュラス |
| Luxembourg | rukusenburuku | ルクセンブルク |
| Malaysia | mareeshia | マレーシア |
| Mexico | mekishiko | メキシコ |
| Nicaragua | nikaragua | ニカラグア |
| Panama | panama | パナマ |
| Paraguay | paraguai | パラグアイ |
| Peru | peruu | ペルー |
| Poland | pōrando | ポーランド |
| Portugal | porutogaru | ポルトガル |
| Dominican Republic | dominikakyōwakoku | ドミニカ共和国 |
| Russia | roshia | ロシア |
| Singapore | shingapooru | シンガポール |
| Sweden | suuēden | スウェーデン |
| Switzerland | suisu | スイス |
| Thailand | tai | タイ |
| Uruguay | uruguai | ウルグアイ |
| Venezuela | benezuera | ベネズエラ |
| Vietnam | betonamu | ベトナム |
| Germany | doitsu | ドイツ |
| Saudi Arabia | saujiarabia | サウジアラビア |
| Argentina | aruzenchin | アルゼンチン |
| Australia | oosutoraria | オーストラリア |
| Austria | osutoria | オーストリア |
| Belgium | berugī | ベルギー |
| Bolivia | boribia | ボリビア |
| Brazil | burajiru | ブラジル |
| Bulgaria | burugaria | ブルガリア |
| Canada | kanada | カナダ |
| Chile | chiri | チリ |
| China | chuugoku | ちゅうごく |
| Cyprus | kipurosu | キプロス |
| Colombia | koronbia | コロンビア |
| Korea | kankoku | かんこく |
| Costa | rica kosutarika | コスタリカ |
| Croatia | kuroachia | クロアチア |
| Cuba | kyuuba | キューバ |
| Denmark | denmāku | デンマーク |
| U.S.A. | amerika | アメリカ |
| Ecuador | ekuadoru | エクアドル |
| Egypt | ejiputo | エジプト |
| Slovakia | surobakia | スロバキア |
| Slovenia | surobenia | スロベニア |
| El salvador | erusarubadoru | エルサルバドル |
*If any of them are missing, please leave a comment.
NATIONALITIES IN JAPANESE JLPT N5 | Japanese Countries
We will add the kanji 人 hito (person). When we refer to nationalities, it is read as ”Jin”.
にほん人-”Nihonjin”- Japanese
スペイン人- ”Supeinjin” – Spanish
アメリカ人-”Amerikajin”- American
フランス人-”Furansojin”- French
カナダ人-”Kanadajin”- Canadian
メキシコ人-“mekishikojin“- Mexican
ホンジュラス人– honjurasujin – Honduran
HOW TO ASK FOR NATIONALITY IN JAPANESE
Anata wa ….(nationality)….desu ka?
¿Eres de ….(nationality)…?
-Anata is it you.
-Wa is a particle used to indicate a subject and is written in hiragana は
-Desu is the verb to be in Japanese.
-Ka is an interrogative particle used at the end of a question..
Interactive and self-correcting exercises in Japanese countries
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