36431 country names nationality adjectives
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Countries & nationalities
By: D.Messaoudi
The adjectives of nationalities are built with the addition of the suffixes « -ian, -an, -n, -ish, -ese, -i,
-ch, -er » to the names of the countries, or with changing the final vowel. Here are the models; the
change in the root is underlined and the stressed syllable (in the list) is indicated with bold letters:
•
Egypt
→
Egyptian
•
Chile
→
Chilean
•
Algeria
→
Algerian
•
Spain
→
Spanish
•
China
→
Chinese
•
Iraq
→
Iraqi
•
France
→
French
•
Iceland
→
Icelander
•
Argentina →
Argentine
List of the countries and nationalities of the world:
Afghanistan
Afghan
Albania
Albanian
Algeria
Algerian
America
American
Angola
Angolan
Argentina
Argentine
Australia
Australian
Bahrain
Bahraini
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi
Belgium
Belgian
Bolivia
Bolivian
Brazil
Brazilian
Bulgaria
Bulgarian
Burundi
Burundian
Cambodia
Cambodian
Cameroon
Cameroonian
Canada
Canadian
Chad
Chadian
Chile
Chilean
China
Chinese
Colombia
Colombian
Congo
Congolese
Costa Rica
Costa Rican
Cuba
Cuban
Cyprus
Cyprian (Cypriot)
Czech
Czech
Denmark
Danish (Dane)
Ecuador
Ecuadorian
Egypt
Egyptian
England
English
Ethiopia
Ethiopian
Finland
Finnish
France
French
Germany
German
Greece
Greek
Guinea
Guinean
Haiti
Haitian
Honduras
Honduran
Hungary
Hungarian
Iceland
Icelander
India
Indian
Indonesia
Indonesian
Iran
Iranian
Iraq
Iraqi
Ireland
Irish
Israel
Israeli
Italy
Italian
How to ask about somebody’s nationality:
-
Where do you come from ?
-
Where are you from ?
-
What nationality are you ?
How to answer:
-
I come from Algeria.
-
I am from Algeria.
-
I am Algerian.
Notice: Nationality adjectives start with a capital letter.
Exercise :
Name & class:
Date:
Instruction: In the following table, names of countries & adjectives of nationalities have been chopped
and mixed. Rearrange them and then match them to obtain complete names & adjectives.
A
da
gas
an
Ar
di
guay
an
Eu
do
ma
can
Fi
gen
nav
can
Gua
kis
nes
ia
In
li
pe
ian
Ma
me
pi
lan
Pa
ra
ri
na
Pa
ro
ta
ni
Scan
te
ti
no
Answers:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
