Continents, countries, nationalities and languages

Continents, countries, nationalities and languages

Continents

There are 7 continents:

-North America

-South America

-Europe (yur·op)

-Asia (ei·ʒuh)

-Africa

-Oceania (ow·shee·a·nee·uh)

-Antarctica

For their adjectives of place (demonyms), we add the ending -an (North/South American, European, Asian, African, Oceanian).

In the case of the American continent, another common word is Latin America, whose demonym is Latin American and the informal terms Latino and Latina.

More countries & nationalities

• France - French

• Germany - German

• The Netherlands - Dutch

• Switzerland - Swiss

• China - Chinese

• Greece - Greek

• Saudi Arabia - Arab

More languages...

• Russian (Ruso)

• Dutch (Neerlandés, holandés)

• Mandarin (Chino mandarín)

• Korean (Coreano)

• Thai (Tailandés)

• Arabic (Árabe)

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Be especially careful with Latin American countries, because some of their names have a different pronunciation than in Spanish.

-Belize (beh·leez)

-Cuba (kyu·bah)

-Haiti (hei·tee)

-Jamaica (dʒuh·mei·kah)

-Ecuador (eh·kwuh·dor)

-Argentina (aar·dʒuhn·tee·nah)

Finally, remember that, unlike Spanish, nationalities and languages always start with a CAPITAL LETTER, as well as towns/cities and countries.

I live in Puebla, Mexico, so I'm Mexican. I speak Spanish and English.

(NOT: puebla, mexico, mexican, spanish, english).