3 Adjectives of nationality
Now you know how to say a few nationalities and that ‘je suis’ means ‘I am’, have a go at translating the nationalities in the activity below.
Activity 3
Can you translate all these nationalities into English? You may need to use a dictionary.
- Je suis canadien.
- Je suis japonais.
- Je suis gallois.
- Je suis australien.
- Je suis chinois.
- Je suis finlandais.
- Je suis hollandais.
- Je suis polonais.
- Je suis hongrois.
- Je suis écossais.
- Je suis russe.
- Je suis irlandais.
- Je suis américain.
- Je suis suisse.
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Answer
- I am Canadian.
- I am Japanese.
- I am Welsh.
- I am Australian.
- I am Chinese.
- I am Finnish.
- I am Dutch.
- I am Polish.
- I am Hungarian.
- I am Scottish.
- I am Russian.
- I am Irish.
- I am American.
- I am Swiss.
The ‘être’ verb
‘Je suis’ is part of the verb ‘être’, ‘to be.’ Here are some more parts of the verb:
Je suis – I am
Il est – he is
Elle est – she is
Note that the ‘j’ in ‘je’ is a capital letter only when it is at the start of a sentence.