Examples of countries:
La France- France La France
L'Italie- Italy Lee-ta-lee
La Lettonie- Latvia La Let-own-ee
L'Espagne- Spain Lesp-an-ya
L'Allemagne- Germany Lal-iman-ya
L'Angleterre- England Lang-let-air *pronounce the hard g*
La Grande-Bretagne- Britain La Grond Brit-an-ya
L'Irlande- Ireland Leer-land
Les États-Units- The USA Lez Ay-ta Yoon-ee
Le Portugal- Portugal La Port-u-gal
There are many other countries; you may need to look some up on the Internet.
In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, including the countries. In general, countries ending with -e are feminine, with just a few exceptions, e.g. le Mexique- Mexico.
All other countries will probably be masculine.
Distinguishing between the two is very important. If one were to say "I am going to x (x being a country)," the "to" will change depending on the gender of the country.
Use "en" for all feminine countries, e.g. en France- to/ in France
Use à for any masculine country, e.g. à Mexique- to/ in Mexico
Use aux for any "plural" country (These usually consist of islands). Examples include the USA, aux États-Units- to/ in the USA.
Languages
Common languages you may need to know:
(ALL LANGUAGES GET A SMALL LETTER, UNLIKE ENGLISH)
Le français- French
L'anglais- English
L'espagnol- Spanish
L'italien- Italian
L'allemand- German
Le chinois- Chinese
Le japonais- Japanese
Le portugais- Portuguese
Use these with the verb parler- to speak
Je parle
Tu parles
Il parle
Elle parle
On parle
Nous parlons
Vous parlez
Ils parlent
Elles parlent
Example:
Je parle anglais et français- I speak English and French
To say "in" use "en"
Je parle en anglais- I speak in English
Nationalities:
To say your nationality, generally use the same word as the language.
However, in French, adjectives must agree with the gender of the thing it is describing.
This rule applies to the languages.
To agree with a masculine, add nothing.
Feminine: add an e. Some adjectives double up the letter at the end before the e.
Masculine plural: add an s. If the adjective already ends in s or x, add nothing.
Feminine plural: add es
Example:
Il est anglais- He is English
Elle est anglaise- She is English
Ils sont anglais- They are English
Elles sont anglaises- They are English
Il est italien- He's Italian
Elle est italienne- She's Italian
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