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hitommy

Nov. 3, 2023

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Grammar Lesson

Practice the expression "〇〇 は □□です”.

わたしはアンです。
わたしはベトナム人です。

”わたし”refers to I and is the subject.

Let's change the subject.

スミスさんはアメリカ人です。
王さんは学生です。
鈴木さんは会社員です。

Use "~人(jin)" to refer to a person from that country.
Vietnamese are ”ベトナム人”
American are ”アメリカ人”
The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"is office worker.

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It is difficult for me which one to use "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ...
What is comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right but I feel like strange because I discribe "A person" in privious sentence.
It is singular.
However Vietnamese are plural in the next sentence.

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Grammar Lesson

Practice the expression "〇〇 は □□です”.

わたしはアンです。 わたしはベトナム人です。 ”わたし”refers to I and is the subject.

Let's change the subject.

スミスさんはアメリカ人です。 王さんは学生です。 鈴木さんは会社員です。 Use "~人(jin)" to refer to a person from that country.

Vietnamese areis ”ベトナム人”
American
areis ”アメリカ人”
The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"is office worker.

In this case, using 'is' is because you're talking about 'Vietnamese' and 'American' as words. 'Vietnamese' is one word - so it's singular here.

However, when you're referring to the Vietnamese people or American people, you are talking about the people - multiple people so you would say, 'Vietnamese people are...' or 'American people are.../Americans are...'

---
It is difficult for me
to know which one to use, "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ...
Wh
aten ist comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right but I feel like strange because I diescribe "A person" in the prievious sentence.

Similar to how deusexmachina answered already, with nationalities, we usually say '~ people': Chinese people, Spanish people, British people...
ex) Chinese people are tech-savvy. British people have a British accent.
If it ends with '~an', we don't have to say people, but we should make it plural by adding 's': Americans, Canadians, Koreans...
ex) Canadians like maple syrup. Koreans are stylish. --> we are talking about all Canadians or all Koreans.

Of course, if you're talking about one person, it would just be: American, Canadian, Korean...
ex) She is Canadian. Being a Canadian is nice because you learn English and French in school. --> we are talking about one person

It is singular.

However, Vietnamese areis plural in the next sentence.

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A really good question! Hopefully, the explanation helps.

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hitommy

Nov. 4, 2023

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Thank you so much!! I understand your explanation very well.

Vietnamese people are ”ベトナム人”
American
people are ”アメリカ人”
The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"
is office worker.

It's typical to say "〇〇 people" when referring to nationalities. For example, "Japanese people are friendly" sounds better than "Japanese are friendly." I think an exception to this is if the nationality ends in -an. In this case, you can use -ans to refer to the plural. So, both of these sound okay: "Americans are friendly" and "American people are friendly." The same is true for other -an nationalities: "Italians are friendly" and "Italian people are friendly."

---
It is difficult for me
to know which one to use "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ...
Wh
aten is comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right, but I feel like it's strange because I discribed "A person" in the prievious sentence.

It is singular.

However Vietnamese are plural in the next sentence.

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hitommy

Nov. 4, 2023

0

Thank you very much!

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Practice the expression "〇〇 は □□です”.


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わたしはアンです。 わたしはベトナム人です。 ”わたし”refers to I and is the subject.


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Let's change the subject.


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スミスさんはアメリカ人です。 王さんは学生です。 鈴木さんは会社員です。 Use "~人(jin)" to refer to a person from that country.


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Vietnamese are ”ベトナム人” American are ”アメリカ人” The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"is office worker.


Vietnamese people are ”ベトナム人”
American
people are ”アメリカ人”
The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"
is office worker.

It's typical to say "〇〇 people" when referring to nationalities. For example, "Japanese people are friendly" sounds better than "Japanese are friendly." I think an exception to this is if the nationality ends in -an. In this case, you can use -ans to refer to the plural. So, both of these sound okay: "Americans are friendly" and "American people are friendly." The same is true for other -an nationalities: "Italians are friendly" and "Italian people are friendly."

Vietnamese areis ”ベトナム人”
American
areis ”アメリカ人”
The meaning of "学生" is student and "会社員"is office worker.

In this case, using 'is' is because you're talking about 'Vietnamese' and 'American' as words. 'Vietnamese' is one word - so it's singular here. However, when you're referring to the Vietnamese people or American people, you are talking about the people - multiple people so you would say, 'Vietnamese people are...' or 'American people are.../Americans are...'

--- It is difficult for me which one to use "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ... What is comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right but I feel like strange because I discribe "A person" in privious sentence.


---
It is difficult for me
to know which one to use "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ...
Wh
aten is comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right, but I feel like it's strange because I discribed "A person" in the prievious sentence.

---
It is difficult for me
to know which one to use, "Vietnamese is" or "Vietnamese are" ...
Wh
aten ist comes to grammar, I suppose "Vietnamese are" is right but I feel like strange because I diescribe "A person" in the prievious sentence.

Similar to how deusexmachina answered already, with nationalities, we usually say '~ people': Chinese people, Spanish people, British people... ex) Chinese people are tech-savvy. British people have a British accent. If it ends with '~an', we don't have to say people, but we should make it plural by adding 's': Americans, Canadians, Koreans... ex) Canadians like maple syrup. Koreans are stylish. --> we are talking about all Canadians or all Koreans. Of course, if you're talking about one person, it would just be: American, Canadian, Korean... ex) She is Canadian. Being a Canadian is nice because you learn English and French in school. --> we are talking about one person

It is singular.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

However Vietnamese are plural in the next sentence.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

However, Vietnamese areis plural in the next sentence.

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