Today we're going to talk about:


*** Nationalities ***

We use the verb "to be" to talk about nationalities

"I am English." (from England)
"He is French." (from France)

"ish", "ian", "an", "ese" are all common nationality endings

Note: If you can't remember the nationality word, you can say "I'm from…." (and say the name of the country.)

Here are some of the most common countries and nationalities. 

Europe
Britain – British
Ireland – Irish
France – French
Italy – Italian
Spain – Spanish
Portugal – Portuguese
Greece – Greek
Cyprus – Cypriot
Malta – Maltese
Albania – Albanian
Serbia – Serbian
Croatia – Croatian
Bosnia – Bosnian
Germany – German
Austria – Austrian
Hungary – Hungarian
Switzerland – Swiss
Belgium – Belgian
Netherlands – Dutch
Sweden – Swedish
Finland – Finnish
Norway – Norwegian
Denmark – Danish
Lithuania – Lithuanian
Latvia – Latvian
Estonia – Estonian
Russia – Russian
Georgia – Georgian
Belarus – Belarusian
Poland – Polish
Czech Republic – Czech
Slovakia – Slovakian
Ukraine – Ukrainian
Romania – Romanian
Moldova – Moldovan
Bulgaria – Bulgarian
Turkey – Turkish

Middle East / The Gulf
Israel – Israeli
Palestine – Palestinian
Jordan – Jordanian
Lebanon – Lebanese
Syria – Syrian
Iran – Iranian
Iraq – Iraqi
Kuwait – Kuwaiti
Saudi Arabia – Saudi
Bahrain – Bahraini
Qatar – Qatari
Oman – Omani
Yemen – Yemeni

Asia
China – Chinese
Taiwan – Taiwanese
Kazakhstan – Kazakh
Uzbekistan – Uzbek
Mongolia – Mongolian
Korea – Korean
Japan – Japanese
India – Indian
Nepal – Nepalese
Tibet – Tibetan
Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan
Pakistan – Pakistani
Afghanistan – Afghan
Bangladesh – Bangladeshi
Vietnam – Vietnamese
Laos – Lao
Cambodia – Cambodian
Burma – Burmese
Thailand – Thai
Malaysia – Malaysian
Indonesia – Indonesian
Singapore – Singaporean
Philippines – Filipino

Americas
United States – American
Canada – Canadian
Mexico – Mexican
El Salvador – Salvadorean
Costa Rica – Costa Rican
Nicaragua – Nicaraguan
Argentina – Argentinian
Brazil – Brazilian
Chile – Chilean
Ecuador – Ecuadorian
Peru – Peruvian
Bolivia – Bolivian
Colombia – Colombian
Uruguay – Uruguayan
Venezuela – Venezuelan

Africa
Egypt – Egyptian
Algeria – Algerian
Tunisia – Tunisian
Morocco – Moroccan
Libya – Libyan
Sudan – Sudanese
Ethiopia – Ethiopian
Kenya – Kenyan
Uganda – Ugandan
Nigeria – Nigerian
South Africa – South African

Australia – Australian
New Zealand – a New Zealander