You do not need to know all the countries of the world. Included here are those most likely to appear in a GCSE, IGCSE or Common Entrance exam and those places where visitors to this site are most likely to live.
If a nationality is spelt with a capital letter it is being used as a noun instead of an adjective.
To say 'in' or 'to' when talking about countries and regions it depends on whether the country is masculine or feminine. For masculine countries you say au (or aux if plural) and for feminine countries en. Here are some examples.
Translate from French into English, then from English into French. Highlight the right-hand column to reveal the answers.
1 |
j'habite en Espagne |
= I live in Spain |
2 |
tu n'habites pas aux Pays-Bas |
= you don't live in the Netherlands |
3 |
est-ce qu'il habite au Portugal? |
= does he live in Portugal? |
4 |
le Danemark est en Europe |
= Denmark is in Europe |
5 |
l'Allemagne n'est pas en Asie |
= Germany is not in Asia |
6 |
ma maison est en Angleterre |
= my house is in England |
7 |
il y a deux mille bars en Écosse |
= there are 2000 bars in Scotland |
8 |
les Belges habitent en Belgique |
= the Belgians live in Belgium |
9 |
les professeurs sont français |
= the teachers are French |
10 |
l'Espagnol a une femme italienne |
= the Spaniard has an Italian wife |
11 |
la Galloise a un mari grec |
= the Welsh woman has a Greek husband |
12 |
le restaurant est suédois |
= the restaurant is Swedish |
13 |
la pâtisserie est suisse |
= the cake shop is Swiss |
14 |
nous traversons la Manche |
= we are crossing the English Channel |
15 |
ils logent dans les Pyrénées |
= they are staying in the Pyrenees |
16 |
my cousins are Portuguese |
= mes cousins sont portugais |
17 |
I do not live in Brittany |
= je n'habite pas en Bretagne |
18 |
lots of Austrians live in the Alps |
= beaucoup d'Autrichiens habitent dans les Alpes |
19 |
she loves the south of France |
= elle adore le Midi (le sud de la France) |
20 |
they (f.) are from New Zealand |
= elles sont de la Nouvelle Zélande |
21 |
There are 4 countries in the UK |
= il y a quatre pays dans le Royaume-Uni |
22 |
we visit an Indian restaurant |
= nous visitons un restaurant indien |
23 |
do you (pl.) live in Great Britain? |
= (est-ce que) vous habitez / habitez-vous en Grande-Bretagne |
24 |
New York is in the United States |
= New York est aux États-Unis |
25 |
the Chinese restaurant sells a lot |
= le restaurant chinois vend beaucoup |
