Countries and Nationalities

• Generally we don’t use “the” with the name of most countries , but there are some exceptions , e.g. The USA , The United Kingdom, The United Arab Emirates.

• With some countries , we can either use “the” or without it, e.g. “the” Sudan, “the” Ukraine, “the” Lebanon

• Adjectives referring to countries and languages:

…ish : British, Spanish , Irish ,Danish ,Turkish, Finnish, Welsh, Scottish, Swedish

…ic : Arabic , Icelandic

…(i)an : Australian, Austrian, Brazilian, Egyptian, German,    Mexican, American, Canadian

…ese : Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese ,Maltese , Taiwanese

… i :  Iraqi, Israeli, Kuwaiti ,Pakistani

 Others:  Dutch, Swiss, French , Greek

• When you  tell someone your nationality you do not  say: My nationality is American , but say : I am American.