Презентация на тему Presentation on the english language on the topic: nation and nationality words

in-an,-s, can be both adjectives and nouns.

An American book (американская книга)
An American (американец)
The Americans (американцы)
Several Americans (несколько американцев)
That American’s speech (речь того американца)

adjectives from nouns - names of countries, such as:

Japan [dze'paen] Япония- Japanese [dzepe'ni: z] Японский
the Japanese – японцы
a Japanese – японец
two young Japanese – два молодых японца

and ending in –sh; -ch.

the French – французы
the

Spanish – испанцы
the Dutch – голландцы
the English – англичане
the British – британцы
the Irish – ирландцы
In what country do the English live?
(В какой стране живут англичане?)

To refer to individual members of the nation, these

adjectives with nouns man and woman form compound words.


an Englishman (an Englishwoman) – англичанин (англичанка)
a Frenchman (a Frenchwoman) – француз (француженка)
a Dutchman (a Dutchwoman) – голландец (голландка)
a Scotsman (a Scotswoman) – шотландец (шотландка)
an Irishman (an Irishwoman) – ирландец (ирландка)
Исключение: a Spaniard – испанец (испанка)

Her nationality is French. She is a Frenchwoman. She

drives a French car. She speaks French.