Nationalities / Countries

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Nationalities / Countries

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Languages and Nationalities

Point 1: The names of countries, languages, and people from a country begin with a capital letter.
  1. I am from Germany.
  2. He can speak French.
  3. I love Thai food.
Point 2: The adjective form of a country can be used to describe people, languages, and items.
  1. People speak Spanish in Spain.
  2. She is Italian but does not speak Italian.
  3. We bought a Japanese car in Japan.

Nationalities

Point 3: There are some patterns in English for nationalities but there are many exceptions. It is best to just remember them case-by-case. Country Nationality
  1. Japan Japanese
  2. China Chinese
  3. Sweden Swedish
  4. Germany German
  5. Italy Italian
  6. France French
  7. Spain Spanish
  8. Mexico Mexican
  9. Canada Canadian
  10. Thailand Thai
  11. Korea Korean
  12. Greece Greek
  13. Poland Polish
  14. Portugal Portuguese
  15. Turkey Turkish
  16. Finland Finnish
  17. Colombia Colombian
  18. Brazil Brazilian

Languages and Nationalities

Point 1: The names of countries, languages, and people from a country begin with a capital letter.

  1. I am from Germany.
  2. He can speak French.
  3. I love Thai food.

Point 2: The adjective form of a country can be used to describe people, languages, and items.

  1. People speak Spanish in Spain.
  2. She is Italian but does not speak Italian.
  3. We bought a Japanese car in Japan.

Nationalities

Point 3: There are some patterns in English for nationalities but there are many exceptions. It is best to just remember them case-by-case.

Country Nationality

  1. Japan Japanese
  2. China Chinese
  3. Sweden Swedish
  4. Germany German
  5. Italy Italian
  6. France French
  7. Spain Spanish
  8. Mexico Mexican
  9. Canada Canadian
  10. Thailand Thai
  11. Korea Korean
  12. Greece Greek
  13. Poland Polish
  14. Portugal Portuguese
  15. Turkey Turkish
  16. Finland Finnish
  17. Colombia Colombian
  18. Brazil Brazilian

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