Countries and Nationalities

Continents, countries, nationalities and languages

There are four common suffixes: -ish, -ic, -ese and -ian (or sometimes -ean).

• Suffix goes at the end of a word

• Name of the country, nationality and language are all different (though sometimes some may be the same)

• Ex. America, American, English

• Ex. UAE, Emirati, Arabic

Continents

There are 7 continents:

-North America

-South America

-Europe

-Asia

-Africa

-Oceania

-Antarctica

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

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)
  

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

-Belize

-Cuba

-Haiti

-Jamaica

-Ecuador

-Argentina

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).

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