Leçon III

There is no such thing as over-memorising the être verb - to be.

So here it is again,

  
être - to be

Je suis	Nous sommes
Tu es	Vous êtes
Il / elle / on est	Ils / elles sont

And we are ready to say more of what you are, so let's start with nationality. Remember, in most cases you'll need to differentiate male and female in two forms:

Jacques would say,  je suis français.
Marie-Anne, je suis française.

Therefore, you may follow the same pattern,  je suis ... (I am ...)

indonésien, indonésienne (Indonesian)
balinais, balinaise (Balinese)
javanais, javanaise (Javanase)
australien, australienne (Australian)
français, française (French)
allemand, allemande (German)
suisse (Swiss)
japonais, japonaise (Japanase)
italien, italienne (Italian)
américain, américaine (American, unfortunately)
canadien, canadienne (Canadian)
chinois, chinoise (Chinese)
anglais, anglaise (English)
espagnol, espagnole (Spaniard)
belge (Belgian)
danois, danoise (Danish)

As it has been quite clear, to form a nationality, you'd need to know (usually ) the male form then change the ending into the female form (-e, -enne) except for where a unisex form applies, eg. suisse, belge.

Pronunciation-wise, it's a little tricky, we shall touch the subject very soon. For now, we'd have a go at the first one:

indonésien,         ::   pron.   andonezian   ::
indonésienne,     ::   pron. andonezien     ::

the underlined n shall be nasal sounding.

And to ask your companion, what nationality he or she is.

tu (informal, with mates) tu es de quelle nationalité?
:: tu es de kel nationalite ::

vous (formal, respectful form) vous êtes de quelle nationalité?
:: vuzet de kel nationalite ::