Where are you from?             Where do you come from?           


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Where are you from?
Anata no shusshin wa doko desu ka?    

anata: you
doko: where

Kanji translation:
shusshin: be from, come from


Where do you come from?
Anata wa doko kara kita no desu ka?    

anata: you
doko: where
kara: from
kita: come

I am from America.
Watashi wa amerika kara ki mashita.    

watashi: I
amerika: America
kara: from

Are you Japanese?
Anata wa nihon-jin desu ka?    

anata: you

Kanji translation:
nihon-jin: Japanese


What is your nationality?
Anata no kokuseki wa doko desu ka?    

anata: you
doko: where

Kanji translation:
kokuseki: nationality


I'm not an American.
Watashi wa amerika-jin dewa arimasen.    

watashi: I

Kanji translation:
amerika-jin: American


Is he Japanese or Chinese?
Kare wa nihon-jin desu ka, soretomo chuugoku-jin desu ka?    

soretomo: or

Kanji translation:
kare: he

nihon-jin: Japanese

chuugoku-jin: Chinese


What part of Japan do you come from?
Nihon no doko kara kita no desu ka?    

doko: where
kara: from
kita: come

Kanji translation:
nihon: Japan


When did you come?
Anata wa itsu kita no desu ka?    

anata: you
itsu: when
kita: come

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