kababayan

kababayan/ka.baˈba.jan/

noun

a person from the same country

Korean speakers often use this warmly for fellow Koreans abroad, broader than the diaspora label.

Examples

01
Sa Incheon, tinulungan ako ng isang estranghero at sinabing kababayan na umuwi sa Chuseok ay pamilya.
At Incheon a stranger helped with my bags and said any compatriot coming home for Chuseok is family.
02
Sa hapunan ng simbahan sa Koreatown, nakaupo ang bawat kababayan na nagpapadala pa sa Busan.
The Koreatown church dinner seated every compatriot who still sends money to Busan.
03
Hiningi ng paaralang Koreano tuwing Sabado sa bawat magulang na kababayan na magsalita ng Koreano sa bahay.
Our Saturday Korean school asked each compatriot parent to speak Korean at home this month.

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