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Pays & nationalites
This document provides information about countries and nationalities in French. It lists the names of several countries along with their gendered definite articles in French. It also explains that French nationalities change form depending on the gender and number of the person being described, with examples of how to transform masculine forms into feminine ones. The purpose is to teach some basic facts about expressing countries and nationalities in French.
Pays & nationalites
- 1. Les Pays etles nationalités
- 2. Some facts tokeep in mind while learning countries in French • Countries have gender in French. • All country names are preceded by the definite article : le, la, l’ or les depending on whether the country is masculine, feminine, beginning with a vowel or plural
- 3. Lets learn thenames of a few countries in French
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- 16. America (USA) • L’Amérique •Les Etats-Unis
- 17. Les nationalités •In Frenchnationalities agree with the number and gender of the noun(person) it qualifies. •So in French nationalities have 4 forms: (masc. sing); (fem.sing.) ;(masc. plu.) and (fem.plu.)
- 18. Method to changefrom masc. to fem. nationality Masc. endings Fem. Endings • -ais -------------------> -aise • -ois -------------------> -oise • -ien -------------------> -ienne • -ain -------------------> -aine
- 19. Les Nationalités M F indienindienne francais francaise Anglais anglaise Italien italienne Allemand allemande Suisse suisse Espagnol espagnole Portugais portugaise Americain americaine * note: it is not necessary to use capital letter for nationalities in French
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