USA Toll Free: 1-877-788-8904 · Contact Us ·Study Options

Business Solutions Education Solutions

Newbie - Getting Nationalities Straight

This is Basic content. Purchase a Subscription in the ChinesePod Store to access.

This is Premium content. Purchase a Subscription in the ChinesePod Store to access.

Loading, please wait...
Failure loading section. Click here to retry.

Discussion

Contrary to popular notions, no, we're not all Americans. The nationality guessing game: favorite exchange of bored cabbies and their captive audience passengers. Expressing nationality in Mandarin Chinese is not hard--unless you are Azerbaijani, Djiboutian, or hail from the Republic of Vanuatu, and even then a bit of research and transliteration gymnastics will do the trick. Listen to this podcast and learn how to reclaim your identity.


Comments (131) RSS

loading... Updating...

Not sure if your comment is appropriate? Check our Commenting Policy first.

New lesson idea? Please contact us.