118· 12 · People
In this unit you will learn about people, origins, nationalities, and languages. You
will also learn to describe people’s physical appearances and personality traits. In
addition, you will see adjectives that describe specifi c groups of people, such as
friends, lovers, parents, children, students, teachers, and politicians.Les continents et les nationalités
(Continents and nationalities)
Adjectives of nationality and origin serve to describe where a person is born.
Many adjectives describe a person’s origins based on the country that gives the
person his or her nationality. However, some adjectives indicate that the person is
from a certain continent, region, or city. Th e following adjectives describe the ori-
gins of a person based on the continent a person lives on.africain(e) African
américain(e) American
asiatique Asian
australien(ne) Australian
européen(ne) EuropeanL’Afrique et les Africains (Africa and Africans)
Th e following adjectives describe the nationalities of people living in Africa.africain(e) du sud South African
algérien(ne) Algerian
égyptien(ne) Egyptian
éthiopien(ne) Ethiopian
ivoirien(ne) Ivorian
jordanien(ne) Jordanian
kenyan(e) Kenyan
libanais(e) Lebanese
malgache Madagascan
maghrébin(e) from Tunisia, Morocco, or
Algeria
marocain(e) Moroccan
sénégalais(e) Senegalese
somalien(e) Somalian
soudanais(e) Sudanese
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