małe co nieco o narodowościach:P wrzucam, bo w koncu znalazłam w mej książeczce;P może komuś się przyda rownież; ) a poza tym, mam nadzieję , że ktoś gdy wie o innych zasadach do tego tematu również mi odpowie jak najszybciej bo jutro egzamin z tego mam ; )
1. You can use 'the' with the nationality adjectives with end in -sh -ch -ss -ese. Don't add s to these words, or use them without the.
The English are famous for drinking tea. The Dutch make wonderful cheese.
2. Nationality words which end in -an and a few others, e.g. Greek and Thai , are both adjectives and nouns. To talk about the people from that country use a plural noun ending in -s.
The Argentinians invented the tango. The Greeks are very extrovert.
3. Some nationalities have a special nour for the people with is different from the adjectives , e.g. Polish = adjective , Pole = noun. To talk about the people you can either use the + adjective or the + plural noun, e.g. the Polish or the Poles.
The Turks drink a lot of coffee. The Poles play a lot of basketball.
~!! With any nationality, you can also use the adjective + people, e.g. French people.
~!! To talk about one person from a country you can't use a/an + adjective alone:
1) a Japanese man/woman/person, an Englishwoman/Englishman / English person, NOT: a Japanese, an English, etc.
2)an Italian, a Greek, etc.
3) a Turk, a Pole, etc.
specific groups of people
The poor are gettings poorer and the rich are getting are getting richer.
The goverment needs to creat more jobs for the unemployed.
you can use the + some adjectives to talk about specific groups in society, e.g. the young, the blind, the homeless, the old, the elderly,, the sick. these expressions are always plural.
Proszę o przykłady :P
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New English File upper intermediate s.134 :P/