En español nos referimos a las nacionalidades como sustantivos gentilicios. En inglés siempre escribiremos las "Nationalities" o sustantivos gentilicios con letra mayúscula. En español no es necesario a menos que comience una oración.
Para formar las nacionalidades según el país, hemos creado grupos para aprenderlas de una forma más sencilla.
1. Country + n
Australia = Australian |
Austria = Austrian |
Bolivia
= Bolivian |
Costa Rica = Costa Rican |
Guatemala = Guatemalan |
India = Indian |
Indonesia = Indonesian |
Korea = Korean |
Mexico = Mexican * (o > a) |
Morocco = Moroccan*(o> a) |
Russia = Russian |
The United States of America =
American |
2. Country + (i) an
Brazil
= Brazilian |
Canada = Canadian |
Chile = Chilean |
Ecuador = Ecuadorian |
Egypt = Egyptian |
Hungary =Hungarian *(y> i) |
Italy = Italian * ( y
> i) |
Uruguay = Uruguayan |
3. Country + ese
China –
Chinese (a) |
Japan - Japanese |
Lebanon
– Lebanese (on) |
4. Country + (land) ish
| |
England - English
Ireland – Irish
Polan - Polish |
5. Others ending in “ish”
Spain -
Spanish |
Turkey - Turkish |
The U. K. = British |
6. Others
France
= French |
Germany = German |
Greece
= Greek |
New Zeland = New Zealander* |
Switzerland = Swiss |
Thailand = Thai |
*New Zealanders are colloquially knowns as "Kiwis"