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1. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
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GANIAT SODEKE

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4. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
It is very important not to forget that French Nouns are gender sensitive, as
such:
Some of countries are masculine and others feminine
Those that start with “le” are masculine and those that start with “la” are feminine
“L” is used when the country or noun begins with a vowel
Below are the French vocabularies for countries and Nationalities:

5. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
Le Nigeria (Nigeria) Nigérian Nigériane
La République du Benin (Benin
Republic)
Béninois Béninoise
Le Togo(Togo) Togolais Togolaise
Le Niger(Niger) Nigérien Nigérienne
La Cote d’ivoire (Ivory Coast) Ivoirien Ivoirienne
Le Tchad(Tchad) Tchadien Tchadienne
La France(France) Français Française
Le Canada(Canada) Canadien Canadienne
Les Etats-Unis(USA) Américain Américaine
L’Allemagne(f) (Germany) Allemand Allemande
L’Espagne(f) (Spain) Espagnol Espagnole
L’Angleterre (f) (England) Anglais Anglaise
Le Japon( Japan) Japonais Japonaise
La Chine(China) Chinois Chinoise
L’Inde(f) (India) Indien Indienne
LES PAYS (countries) MASCULIN (masculine) FEMININ (feminine)

6. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
EXAMPLE 1: Q refers to QUESTION while R refer to ANSWER
Q: D’ où viens-tu? Where do you come from?
R: Je viens du Nigéria…….I come from Nigeria. OR
Je viens de la Cote d’ivoire……..I come from Cote d’ivoire OR
Je viens de l’Angleterre…………I come from England.
Je viens des Etats-Unis…………..I come from the United States of America.

7. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
EXAMPLE 2: Q refers to QUESTION while R refer to ANSWER
Q: Où habites tu? Where do you live?
R: J’habite au Niger…………I live in Niger OR
J’habite en France…………I live in France OR
J’habite en Angleterre…….I live in England

8. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
EXAMPLE 3: Q refers to QUESTION while R refer to ANSWER
Q : Tu es de quelle nationalité?...............What nationality are you?
R: Je suis français…………….i am a French (male) OR
Je suis française…………….i am a French (female)
NB : I am Canadian is usually translated into French as « Je suis
Canadien/Canadienne ». The A is usually omitted.
From = du (masculine countries) | De la (feminine countries) |Des… (Plural form)
 I come = je viens

9. LES PAYS ET NATIONALITES
COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
In French, we don’t use « j’habite à » with countries. This is because as seen in the
examples above, masculine countries take “au” and feminine countries take “en” and
not “à” like towns do;
Also, note that the words “français” and “française” in number the third
example didn't start with capital letters because unlike in English, when talking about
your nationality or another person’s, you use a lower case letter;
If you want to talk about another person’s nationality you say:
James est anglais……….James is English.
Vivian est indienne……..Vivian is Indian
 NB : Est……is

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