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Nationalities

1/26/2016

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Hello everyone,
The blog is back with an entry on nationalities.  Nationalities in Greek can be tricky since, although the male is fairly simple and can be constructed by the suffix ος, the female varies and could take any of these suffixes ίδα, έζα, άλα, η/α.  Also, remember that nationalities for people are different to nationalities for objects which work like common adjectives and usually finish in ικός/η/ο, depending on the gender of the object.  I hope you find the entry useful.   The words appear in the following order:
Standard Greek
Greek-Cypriot Dialect
Meaning in English

Από πού είσαι;
Πόθεν είσαι;=
Where are you from?

Εθνικότητα
Same as Standard Greek (SD)
Nationality

Ποια είναι η εθνικότητα σου
Same as Standard Greek 
What’s your nationality?

Κύπριος/Κύπρια
Κυπραίος/Κυπραία
Cypriot (m.)/Cypriot (f.)

Ελληνοκύπριος/α
Τουρκοκύπριος/α
Same as Standard Greek 
Greek-Cypriot (m/f)
Turkish-Cypriot (m/f)

Τούρκος/Τουρκάλα
Same as Standard Greek 
Turkish (m.)/Turkish (f.)

Έλληνας/Ελληνίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
Greek (m)/Greek (f)

Βρετανός/Βρετανίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
British (m.)/British (f.)

Άγγλος/Αγγλίδα
Εγγλέζος/Εγγλέζα
English (m.)/English (f.)

Ουαλός/Ουαλίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
Welsh (m.)/Welsh (f.)

Σκωτσέζος/Σκωτσέζα
Σκωτσιέζος/Σκωτσιέζα
Scottish (m.)/Scottish (f.)

Ιρλανδός / Ιρλανδή/Ιρλανδέζα (two forms in Greek)
Same as Standard Greek 
Irish (m.)/Irish (f.)

Ευρωπαίος/Ευρωπαία
Same as Standard Greek 
European (m.)/European (f.)

Γερμανός/ίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
German (m/f)

Κινέζος/α
Same as Standard Greek 
Chinese (m/f)

Σουηδός/έζα
Same as Standard Greek
Swedish (m/f)

Ουκρανός/ίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
Ukrainian (m/f)

Ρώσος/ίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
Russian (m/f)

Γάλλος/ίδα
Same as Standard Greek 
French (m/f)

 
Speak to you soon
Marios
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