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Countries & Nationalities
The word 'Nationality' is not often used in spoken English. It is a formal and official word and it appears more frequently in written English. You will find the word 'Nationality' is used a lot in the travel industry and for immigration.
We almost never say: What is your nationality?
We usually say: Where are you from? OR Where do you come from?
To tell someone yournationality you DON'T say: My nationality is Chilean.
You say: I'm Chilean
Singular Plural
Country Countries
Nationality Nationalities
Remember
I am from Chile.
To Be + from + country
I am Chilean.
To Be + Nationality

Below is a list of countries with the appropriate nationality. The Language that appears is the main language that is spoken in the country. We have not included allthe languages that they may speak in that country.
Country Nationality Language
Afghanistan Afghan Afghan
Argentina Argentine / Argentinean Spanish
Australia Australian English
Belgium Belgian French / Flemish
Bolivia Bolivian Spanish
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
Cambodia Cambodian Cambodian
Canada Canadian English / French
Chile Chilean Spanish
China Chinese Chinese
Colombia ColombianSpanish
Costa Rica Costa Rican Spanish
Cuba Cuban Spanish
Denmark Danish (Dane) Danish
Dominican Republic Dominican Spanish
Ecuador Ecuadorian Spanish
Egypt Egyptian Arabic
El Salvador Salvadorian Spanish
England English English
Estonia Estonian Estonian
Ethiopia Ethiopian Amharic
Finland Finnish Finnish
France French French
Germany German German
Greece Greek Greek
GuatemalaGuatemalan Spanish
Haiti Haitian French / Creole
Honduras Honduran Spanish
Indonesia Indonesian Indonesian
Ireland Irish Irish / English
Israel Israeli Hebrew
Italy Italian Italian
Japan Japanese Japanese
Jordan Jordanian Arabic
Korea Korean Korean
Laos Laotian Laotian
Latvia Latvian Latvian
Lithuania Lithuanian Lithuanian
Malaysia Malaysian Malay
Mexico Mexican Spanish
Morocco MoroccanArabic / French
Netherlands Dutch Dutch
New Zealand New Zealander English / Maori
Nicaragua Nicaraguan Spanish
Norway Norwegian Norwegian
Panama Panamanian Spanish
Paraguay Paraguayan Spanish
Peru Peruvian Spanish
Philippines Filipino Tagalog
Poland Polish Polish
Portugal Portuguese Portuguese
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Spanish
Romania Romanian Romanian
Russia Russian Russian
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabic
Spain Spanish Spanish
Sweden Swedish Swedish
Switzerland Swiss Swiss
Taiwan Taiwanese Chinese
Thailand Thai Thai
Turkey Turkish Turkish
Ukraine Ukrainian Ukrainian
United States American * English
Uruguay Uruguayan Spanish
Venezuela Venezuelan Spanish
Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnamese
Wales Welsh Welsh / English
*You will notice that people from United States have thenationality 'American'. Some people from other parts of the American continent (especially Central and South America) tend not to like the word American for people from the United States. You will find that they will call them North American.









Structure and Use (there is/are)

There are and there is are forms used to express “existence of”. The structure is:
There + verb to be (isfor SINGULAR nouns ; are for PLURAL nouns)

Examples :
- There is a guitar in my room. (A guitar “exists” in my room)
- There are two chairs in my room. (Two chairs “exist” in my room)
The following chart is the forms of “there is/are” in positive (+), negative (-), and questions (?)

Singular Plural
(+) There is a {chair, book, man} There are [some] {chairs, books, men}
(-) There isn’t a{laptop, bathroom} There aren’t [any] {laptops, bathrooms}
(?) Is there a {problem, shirt} Are there [any] {problems, shirts}

NOTES:
This table is only for COUNTABLE NOUNS. When you use “there is” use the article “a”. In the plural “there are” you can use “some” for positive and “any” for negative and questions (some/any) is optional.

"Count" words are things that we can count such as...