Language/French/Vocabulary/Nationalities

Unlike English, when it comes to nationalities, in French, there is a difference whether you're a girl or a boy.

• Example in English: "She is Irish / He is Irish"

• Example in French: "Elle est irlandaise / Il est irlandais"

It is important to make the difference. I've heard people making this mistake (which is totally normal) but we really need to make the difference between a "he" or a "she". You could find yourself in a very embarrassing situation.

So, to help you I'm going to make a list of different nationalities so that you won't ever do this mistake again.

Let's go :

• She/he is American  : Elle est américaine/ Il est américain

• English: Elle est anglaise/ Il est anglais

• German: Elle est allemande / il est allemand

• Chinese: Elle est chinoise / il est chinois

• Japonese: Elle est japonaise / Japonais

• Spanish: Elle est espagnole / espagnol

• Mexican: Elle est mexicaine / mexicain

• Indian: Elle est indienne / indien

As you can see most of the time you can just add an "e" if you're a girl.