Adjectives of nationality and geographical origin (and a collection of little bowls from around the world)
I was at my parents' house for a few days. My mom has a collection of little bowls from different parts of the world, so I said to myself, "Why not make a video about this?" and so I did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MirhLta5SKQ
☘︎ Did you notice from the video that all these adjectives of nationality and geographic origin end in "an”, "ish" or "ese”?
Adjectives of nationality and geographic origin that end in:
☘︎–"an": Namibian, Chilean, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ecuadorian, Italian, Canadian, Peruvian, Bolivian, Australian, American, etc.
☘︎ –"ish": Turkish, English, Scottish, British (from the UK), Spanish, etc.
☘︎ –"ese": Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Burmese, etc.
A few end in –"i" as well:
☘︎ –"i": Qatari, Somali, Iraqi, etc.
Which adjectives of nationality are irregular (don’t match any of the word endings above)?
Which was your favorite bowl?
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