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Revision as of 13:16, 16 October 2016
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.