🌏 Countries and nationalities

Unit 2 · Letters, vowels & people around you (MSA) · 8 min

Nationality = country + ـِيّ: مِصْر → مِصْرِيّ, الصِّين → صِينِيّ. Feminine adds ـة: مِصْرِيَّة, صِينِيَّة. Ask: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ "Where are you from?"

Words in this lesson

• مِصْر (miṣr) — Egypt
• الصِّين (aṣ-ṣīn) — China
• صِينِيَّة (ṣīniyya) — Chinese (f.)
• مِصْرِيَّة (miṣriyya) — Egyptian (f.)
• عَرَبِيّ (ʿarabiyy) — Arab; Arabic
• مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ (min ayna anta?) — where are you from?

Project: Write nationalities for five countries, masculine and feminine.