Greeting a Japanese Friend

お国はどちらですか [o kuni wa dochira desu ka]
What country are you from?

• お- [o-] makes it respectful
• 国 [kuni] means "country"
• は [wa] makes the name the topic of your question
• どちらですか [dochira desu ka] means "Where is it?"
• Literally means "Your country, where is it?"

_____人です [__jin desu]
I'm ____.

• 人 [jin] means "person"
• 日本人です [ni hon jin desu] I'm Japanese.
• アメリカ人です [amerika jin desu] I'm American.

私はスペイン人です [watashi wa supein jin desu]
I'm Spanish.

• 私 [watashi] means "I"
• Use 私は [watashi wa], if it isn't clear from the situation who you're talking about.

• A: お国はどちらですか
  What country are you from?
• B: __人です [__ jin desu]
  I'm__.
• A: お国はどちらですか [o kuni wa dochira desu ka]
  What country are you from?
• A: 日本人です
  I'm Japanese.