You don’t have to think too hard for today’s task. Visitors to NotOnlyGrammar.com come from all over the world. Here is a typical sample:
What are the nationality words for those countries? For example, if the country is Italy, the nationality is Italian.
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Oh yes that’s the way I wanted to use it. Thanks for the clarification.
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Czech
Maltese
Malaysian
German
American
Egyptian
Philippine
British
Brazilian
That was easy 🙂
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I did say in the preamble that it was easy … but apparently not easy enough! Someone from the Philippines is Filipino.
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Isn’t both possible?
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For example:
1) My friend is Philippine.
2) My friend is a Filipino.
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Since “Philippine” is an adjective, you could say that you have a Philippine friend. As a noun, only the second of the 2 sentences is valid.
Another example is SPAIN (country) => SPANISH (adjective, e.g. a Spanish song) => SPANIARD (noun, e.g. my new flatmate is a Spaniard)
For most countries in the world – Malta included – one word suffices. Hence, I am a Maltese and Kinnie is a typical Maltese drink.
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