# \[...\]の方ですか

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**Category:** Grammar
**Created:** [July 14, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776 "2018-07-14T17:11:19Z")
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### Author: ![anon24725275](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon24725275](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon24725275)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776/1 "2018-07-14T17:11:20Z")

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Does somebody know where to learn about that 「の方」in this context?  
I was able to understand it with the help of Google Translate but I’ve never seen it used to ask for the nationality.  
All I can find is the 「の方が」grammar to say something thing is better/more but I don’t know if it’s the same.

ベルギーの方ですか？  
ベルギーに住んでる日本の方？  
どちらにしても 2カ国以上解るのは尊敬します✨

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### Author: ![obskyr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/obskyr/32/6843_2.png) [@obskyr](https://community.wanikani.com/u/obskyr)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776/2 "2018-07-14T17:16:38Z")

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It’s different! 方 is simply a more polite/formal way to say 人. It follows the whole “deferential = polite” pattern.

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### Author: ![anon24725275](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon24725275](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon24725275)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776/3 "2018-07-14T17:43:42Z")

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Oh, ok. Thanks a lot! ^^

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### Author: ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776/4 "2018-07-14T22:31:04Z")

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Also, when used in that sense it’s read as かた.

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/31776/5 "2019-07-14T22:31:07Z")

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