メキシコ人です
mekishikojin desu
In Japanese, "I am mexican" is expressed as メキシコ人です (mekishikojin desu).
This phrase is used to identify your nationality as being from Mexico. You may be asked about your nationality using questions like どこの国の人ですか？ or 君の国はどこ？, which both mean "Which country are you from?"
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The polite form メキシコ人です or the more explicit わたしはメキシコ人です are used in formal situations. For informal settings, you can use 僕はメキシコ人だよ or 俺はメキシコ人だぜ. You can also use the casual メキシコ人だ with friends or people of lower social status by replacing the polite desu with da.
How do you pronounce it?
mekishikojin desu
Did you know?
- The casual ending だぜ used in メキシコ人だぜ is heavily associated with 'tough' or 'masculine' speech often found in anime and manga, rather than standard daily conversation.
- The word メキシコ is written in 'katakana', a script used specifically for foreign loanwords. This visually signals to a Japanese reader that the word is of non-Japanese origin before they even read it.
- In Japanese, the word for 'person' in メキシコ人 is 人, which is read as 'jin' in this context. However, if you were to use the word 'person' to describe a human being in a different grammatical way, the pronunciation might change to 'hito'.
Examples in context
- 私はメキシコ人です。Watashi wa Mekishikojin desu.I am Mexican.
- メキシコ人です。よろしくお願いします。Mekishikojin desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.I am Mexican. Nice to meet you.
- はい、メキシコ人です。Hai, Mekishikojin desu.Yes, I am Mexican.
Example conversation
Two people are introducing themselves at a language exchange event.
- 大翔 Hiroto大翔です。メキシコ人です。Hiroto desu. Mekishikojin desu.I'm Hiroto. I am Mexican.
- 陽葵 Himariそうなんですね！私は陽葵です。Sou nan desu ne! Watashi wa Himari desu.Is that so! I'm Himari.
- 大翔 Hiroto陽葵さんは日本人ですか？Himari-san wa Nihonjin desu ka?Are you Japanese, Himari?
- 陽葵 Himariはい、日本人です。Hai, Nihonjin desu.Yes, I am Japanese.
