Méthode d'anglais - Les nationnalités

Thèmes abordés

Littérature, regular, adjectives, special word, person singular, plural, nationalities

Résumé du document

Noms : Adjectives + man/woman/men/women/people
- Britsh people not do usually use the words Britons or Britisher.
- Briton is mainly used in newspaper headlines
- Britisher is used in American and others kinds of English, but not in British English. British people prefer to regard themselves as Welshmen, Scots, Irishmen or Englishmen.

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[...] COURS ANGLAIS LYCEE – De Cécile VANZATO CHAPITRE 2 : NATIONALITIES Group 1 : Regular Country Adjective Singular Plural Nation Traduction Greece Greek a Greek Two Greeks the Greeks La Grèce Iraq Iraqi an Iraqi Two Iraqis the Iraqis Irac Pakistan Pakistani a Pakistani Two Pakistanis the Pakistanis Pakistan Israël Israeli an Israeli Two Israelis The Israelis Israël an Arab Two Arabs The Arabs Nations arabes The Arab Nations Arab * • • « Arab » s'emploie dans un contexte politique. « Arabic » s'emploie pour la langue et la culture. [...]

[...] British people prefer to regard themselves as Welshmen, Scots, Irishmen or Englishmen VI- Remarques – – Les mots de nationalités s'écrivent toujours avec une majuscule L'adjectif s'emploie généralement pour désigner la langue exemple : To speak French / English – Si on ne désigne pas tout le peuple mais plutôt des individus, on n'utilise pas d'article exemple : Two Americans / Americans are fond of chewing gum – Il faut cependant utiliser « The » si le nom est déterminé par « of » ou une proposition relative. [...]

[...] Group 5 : special word for the person (singular and plural), word for the nation the same as the adjective : Country Adjective Singular Plural Nation Britain British a Briton / Britisher two Britons / Britishers the British* Grande Bretagne England English an Englishman two Englishmen the English Angleterre France French a Frenchman two Frenchmen the French France a Dutchman two Dutchman the Dutch Hollande / Pays-bas Holland = The Dutch Netherlands 2/3 Traduction COURS ANGLAIS LYCEE – De Cécile VANZATO Ireland Irish an Irishman two Irishmen the Irish Irelande Spain Spanish a Spaniard two Spaniards the Spanish Espagne Wales Welsh a Welshman two Welshmen the Welsh Pays de Galle Noms = Adjectives + « man »/woman/men/women/people • Britsh people not do usually use the words « Britons » or « Britisher ». • « Briton » is mainly used in newspaper headlines • « Britisher » is used in American and others kinds of English, but not in British English. [...]

[...] II- Group 2 : The adjectives ending in Country Adjective Singular Plural Nation Traduction America American an American two Americans the Americans Amérique Australia Australian an Australian two Australians the Australians Australie Belgium Belgian a Belgian two Belgians the Belgians Belgique Brazil Brazilian a Brazilian two Brasilians the Brazilians Brésil Canada Canadian a Canadian two Canadians the Canadians Canada Germany German a German two Germans the Germans Allemagne Hungary Hungarian a Hungarian two hungarians the Hungarians Hongrie India Indian an Indian two Indians the Indians Inde Iran Iranian an Iranian two Iranians the iranians Iran Italy Italian an Italian two Italians the Italians Italie Mexico Mexican a Mexican two mexicans the mexicans Mexique Morocco Moroccan a Moroccan two Moroccans the Moroccans Maroc Norway Norwegian a Norwegian two Norwegians the Norwegians Norvège Russia Russian a Russian two Russians 1/3 the Russians Russie COURS ANGLAIS LYCEE – De Cécile VANZATO III – Group 3 : The adjectives ending in -ese Country Adjective Singular Plural Nation Traduction China Chinese a Chinese two Chinese the Chinese Chine Japan Japanese a Japanese two Japanese the Japanese Japon Portugal Portuguese a Portuguese two Portuguese the Portuguese Portugal Switzerland Swiss a Swiss two Swiss the Swiss Suisse Vietnam Vietnamese a Vietnamese two Vietnamese the Vietnamese Vietnam IV- Group 4 : special word for the person (singular and plural) Country Adjective Singular Plural Nation Traduction Denmark Danish a Dane two dane the Danes Danemark Finland Finnish a Finn two Finns the Finns Finlande New Zealand New Zealand a New Zealander two New the New Nouvelle Zélande Poland Polish a Pole the Poles Pologne Scotland Scottish/Scotch a Scot/ a Scotsman* two Scots / the Scots/ two Scotmen Scotsmen Sweden Swedish a Swede two Swedes the Swedes Suède Turkey Turkish a Turk two Turks the Turks • two Poles Ecosse Turquie The Scots prefer the adjectives Scottish. The whisky is always called « Scotsch ». [...]