www.sekolahbahasainggris.com –Pembentukan kata sifat kebangsaan dan kata benda dari nama negara tidak selalu sederhana dalam bahasa Inggris. Gunakan kata sifat kebangsaan berakhir di -ese atau -ish dengan kata kerja jamak, untuk mengacu pada semua kebangsaan. Kata sifat yang tercantum juga sering mengacu pada bahasa yang digunakan di negara tersebut, meskipun hal ini tidak selalu terjadi.
CONTOH
- Country: I live in Britain.
- Adjective: He likes British food.
- Origins: She is a Britanian person. = She is from Britania. = She is British.
- Language: She speaks British.
- Describing a group: Spaniards often drink alcohol. = Spanish people often drink alcohol.
- Describing a group: The Japanese enjoy fireworks. = Japanese people enjoy fireworks.
Dalam beberapa kasus, kebangsaan atau kedaerahan dapat secara negatif dikorelasikan bagi sebagian orang, karena alasan sejarah dan politik. Ketika kata ini harus digunakan, banyak orang tidak akan menggunakannya, melainkan akan menggunakan kata sifat yang lebih netral + “people” formulasi atau “people from” + nama negara. Ini adalah kasus untuk contoh dengan asterix bawah. Formulasi alternatif, kecil kemungkinannya untuk memberikan pelanggaran, diberikan dalam kurung.
| Geographic Region/Continent | Adjective | Noun |
| Africa | African | an African* (orang Afrika, seseorang dari Afrika) |
| Asia | Asian | an Asian* (orang Asia, seseorang dari Asia) |
| Europe | European | a European |
| Central America | Central American | a Central American |
| Middle East | Middle Eastern | a Middle Easterner |
| North Africa | North African | a North African |
| South America | South American | a South American |
| Southeast Asia | Southeast Asian | a Southeast Asian person |
| Country or region | Adjective | Noun |
| Afghanistan | Afghan | an Afghan |
| Algeria | Algerian | an Algerian |
| Angola | Angolan | an Angolan |
| Argentina | Argentine | an Argentine |
| Austria | Austrian | an Austrian |
| Autralia | Australian | an Australian |
| Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | a Bangladeshi |
| Belarus | Belarusian | a Belarusian |
| Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian |
| Bolivia | Bolivian | a Bolivian |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian/Herzegovinian | a Bosnian/a Herzegovinian |
| Brazil | Brazilian | a Brazilian |
| Britain | British | a Briton (bentuk informal: a Brit) |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian | a Bulgarian |
| Cambodia | Cambodian | a Cambodian |
| Cameroon | Cameroonian | a Cameroonian |
| Canada | Canadian | a Canadian |
| Central African Republic | Central African | a Central African |
| Chad | Chadian | a Chadian |
| China | Chinese | a Chinese person |
| Colombia | Colombian | a Colombian |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rican | a Costa Rican |
| Croatia | Croatian | a Croat |
| the Czech Republic | Czech | a Czech person |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Congolese | a Congolese person (catatan: ini mengacu pada orang-orang dari Republik Kongo juga) |
| Denmark | Danish | a Dane |
| Ecuador | Ecuadorian | an Ecuadorian |
| Egypt | Egyptian | an Egyptian |
| El Salvador | Salvadoran | a Salvadoran (juga diterima adalah Salvador & Salvador) |
| England | English | an Englishman/Englishwoman |
| Estonia | Estonian | an Estonian |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian | an Ethiopian |
| Finland | Finnish | a Finn |
| France | French | a Frenchman/Frenchwoman |
| Germany | German | a German |
| Ghana | Ghanaian | a Ghanaian |
| Greece | Greek | a Greek |
| Guatemala | Guatemalan | a Guatemalan |
| Holland | Dutch | a Dutchman/Dutchwoman |
| Honduras | Honduran | a Honduran |
| Hungary | Hungarian | a Hungarian |
| Iceland | Icelandic | an Icelander |
| India | Indian | an Indian |
| Indonesia | Indonesian | an Indonesian |
| Iran | Iranian | an Iranian |
| Iraq | Iraqi | an Iraqi |
| Ireland | Irish | an Irishman/Irishwoman |
| Israel | Israeli | an Israeli |
| Italy | Italian | an Italian |
| Ivory Coast | Ivorian | an Ivorian |
| Jamaica | Jamaican | a Jamaican |
| Japan | Japanese | a Japanese person |
| Jordan | Jordanian | a Jordanian |
| Kazakhstan | Kazakh | a Kazakhstani (digunakan sebagai kata benda, “a Kazakh” mengacu pada kelompok etnis, bukan kebangsaan) |
| Kenya | Kenyan | a Kenyan |
| Laos | Lao | a Laotian (digunakan sebagai kata benda, “Lao” mengacu pada kelompok etnis, bukan kebangsaan) |
| Latvia | Latvian | a Latvian |
| Libya | Libyan | a Libyan |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian | a Lithuanian |
| Madagascar | Malagasy | a Malagasy |
| Malaysia | Malaysian | a Malaysian |
| Mali | Malian | a Malian |
| Mauritania | Mauritanian | a Mauritanian |
| Mexico | Mexican | a Mexican* (mungkin menyinggung di Amerika Serikat. Gunakan “seseorang dari Meksiko” sebagai gantinya.) |
| Morocco | Moroccan | a Moroccan |
| Namibia | Namibian | a Namibian |
| Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | a Nicaraguan |
| Niger | Nigerien | a Nigerien |
| Nigeria | Nigerian | a Nigerian |
| Norway | Norwegian | a Norwegian |
| Oman | Omani | an Omani |
| Pakistan | Pakistani | a Pakistani* (mungkin menyinggung di Inggris. Gunakan “seseorang dari Pakistan” sebagai gantinya.) |
| Panama | Panamanian | a Panamanian |
| Paraguay | Paraguayan | a Paraguayan |
| Peru | Peruvian | a Peruvian |
| The Philippines | Philippine | a Filipino* (seseorang dari Filipina) |
| Poland | Polish | a Pole* (seseorang dari Polandia, orang Polandia) |
| Portugal | Portuguese | a Portuguese person |
| Republic of the Congo | Congolese | a Congolese person (catatan: ini mengacu pada orang-orang dari Republik Demokratik Kongo juga) |
| Romania | Romanian | a Romanian |
| Russia | Russian | a Russian |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi, Saudi Arabian | a Saudi, a Saudi Arabian |
| Scotland | Scottish | a Scot |
| Senegal | Senegalese | a Senegalese person |
| Serbia | Serbian | a Serbian (digunakan sebagai kata benda, “Serbia” mengacu pada kelompok etnis, bukan kebangsaan) |
| Slovakia | Slovak | a Slovak |
| Somalia | Somalian | a Somalian |
| South Africa | South African | a South African |
| Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard* (orang Spanyol, seseorang dari Spanyol) |
| Sudan | Sudanese | a Sudanese person |
| Sweden | Swedish | a Swede |
| Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss person |
| Syria | Syrian | a Syrian |
| Thailand | Thai | a Thai person |
| Tunisia | Tunisian | a Tunisian |
| Turkey | Turkish | a Turk |
| Turkmenistan | Turkmen | a Turkmen / the Turkmens |
| Ukraine | Ukranian | a Ukranian |
| The United Arab Emirates | Emirati | an Emirati |
| The United States | American | an American |
| Uruguay | Uruguayan | a Uruguayan |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | a Vietnamese person |
| Wales | Welsh | a Welshman/Welshwoman |
| Zambia | Zambian | a Zambian |
| Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | a Zimbabwean |
Kota-kota juga bisa diubah menjadi kata sifat dan kata benda, meskipun mereka sangat tidak teratur dan bentuk nominal tidak selalu disepakati (mungkin ada beberapa). Beberapa contoh nama kota berubah di bawah.
| City | Adjective | Noun |
| Paris | Parisian | a Parisian |
| New York | New York | a New Yorker |
| Sydney | Sydney | a Sydney-sider |
| London | London | a Londoner |
| São Paulo | São Paulo | a Paulistano |
| New Delhi | New Delhi | a Delhiite |
| Cape Town | Cape Town | a Capetonian |