Nationality adjectives: Where's he from?

'He was German. He came from Germany.'

‘Where's he from?' and 'Where does he come from?' both have the same meaning. We can answer this question like this:

'He comes from Italy' or 'He's Italian'.

Italy is the name of the country (and is a noun) while Italian is a nationality (and is an adjective). Nationality adjectives must always start with a capital letter - 'Italian', not 'italian'.

We can also ask, 'What nationality is he?'

To this question we, of course, answer:

'He's Italian'

Remember, we also use nationality adjectives to describe the things that come from a country, not just the people. For example, Italian cars, Mexican food and (my favourite) German beer!

Let's take a look at some other countries and their nationalities.

(If your country is missing from the list, or you want to know the nationality adjective for a country, please let me know using the 'comments' button. Thanks.)

Now use your world knowledge to complete these fantastic statements I made!

• There's a new ___ restaurant near my house.
  
  China
  Chinese
  Chinish
  
  
• Emma's new boyfriend comes from ___ .
  
  Spain
  Spainese
  Spanish
  
  
• Although he was born in Hong Kong, both of his parents are ___.
  
  Great Britain.
  Britain
  British
  
  
• He was born in ___.
  
  Swede
  Swedish
  Sweden
  
  
• He's ___. He was born in Holland.
  
  Hollandese
  Dutch
  Hollandish
  
  
• ___ people are warm and friendly.
  
  Scot
  Scottish
  Scotlanders
  
  
• Like most people from ___ ,she loves football.
  
  Brazilish
  Brazilian
  Brazil