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Nacionalities Hey! I need to know if there's some easy way of learn nationalities. I was reading a big list about this and I couldn't find similarity between endings. For instance: Cuba = Cuban, Malta = Maltese and Greece = Greek Why is not Maltan, Cuban and Greecian or Maltese and Cubanese Greese?? Thanks

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Sorry, Oscar, but the only rule we can give you is that countries ending in 'a' (such as Colombia) form their nationalities with an 'n' , so that 'Colombian' is both the adjective and the noun for nationality. All other countries are completely irregular, I'm afraid, and you just have to learn them.
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Good question, but we don't have a fixed system in English. You just have to learn them individually. To illustrate, here's how it works with the three largest Australian cities: Sydney -> Sydneysiders Melbourne -> Melburnians Brisbane -> Brisbanites And with the Australian states of those cities... NSW - New South Welshmen (or Cockies, if you follow the footy) VIC - Victorians (that was easy) QLD - Queenslanders (or Cane Toads, if you follow the footy) ...and as a bonus, people from Tasmania are either Tasmanians or Taswegians. :)
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Sorry Oscar, English doesn't make much sense. However, I live in Spain and the people from Cadiz are Gaditanos; from Ávila they are Abulenses and the inhabitants of Cabra... egabrenses, ¡y no otra cosa! Saludos, y buena suerte, Simón.
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Some other words are feminine and masculine pronouns are no words that serve to both females, while for males. Thus, Who lives in Cuba, if you are referring to a man, so this will be Cuban and if you refer to a woman, is Cuban. Now an example of both: Who lives in Malta, Maltese is called, this is for the man or woman who will identify the sex will be the article. Example: The Maltese called Cameron.                             The Maltese is called Harry. I hope I have helped you.
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Some other words are feminine and masculine pronouns are no words that serve to both females, while for males. Thus, Who lives in Cuba, if you are referring to a man, so this will be Cuban and if you refer to a woman, is Cuban. Now an example of both: Who lives in Malta, Maltese is called, this is for the man or woman who will identify the sex will be the article. Example: The Maltese called Cameron.                             The Maltese is called Harry. I hope I have helped you.

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