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1 Nationalities
Words like French can also refer to the language (e.g. a French textbook ⇒ Languages) and to the country (e.g. French history ⇒ Countries and continents).Note the different use of capital letters in English and French ; adjectives never have capitals in French:a French student= un étudiant français/une étudiante françaisea French nurse= une infirmière française/un infirmier françaisa French tourist= un touriste français/une touriste françaiseNouns have capitals in French when they mean a person of a specific nationality:a Frenchman= un Françaisa Frenchwoman= une FrançaiseFrench people or the French= les Français mpla Chinese man= un Chinoisa Chinese woman= une ChinoiseChinese people or the Chinese= les Chinois mplEnglish sometimes has a special word for a person of a specific nationality ; in French, the same word can almost always be either an adjective (no capitals) or a noun (with capitals):Danish= danoisa Dane= un Danois, une Danoisethe Danes= les Danois mplhe is French= il est français or c’est un Françaisshe is French= elle est française or c’est une Françaisethey are French= ( men or mixed) ils sont français or ce sont des Français ( women) elles sont françaises or ce sont des FrançaisesWhen the subject is a noun, like the teacher or Paul below, the adjective construction is normally used in French:the teacher is French= le professeur est françaisPaul is French= Paul est françaisAnne is French= Anne est françaisePaul and Anne are French= Paul et Anne sont françaisOther ways of expressing someone’s nationality or origins are:he’s of French extraction= il est d’origine françaiseshe was born in Germany= elle est née en Allemagnehe is a Spanish citizen= il est espagnola Belgian national= un ressortissant belgeshe comes from Nepal= elle vient du Népal
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