Free English Lessons: Plurals and Nationalities Video

plurals and nationalities plurals and nationalities why do we say the Russians are here the Koreans are here the Americans are here the Italians are here the new zealanders are here the pakistanis are here but we say the Chinese are here the Japanese are here the British are here the Swiss are here here the French are here the Portuguese are here it's mostly phonetic that is it depends on the final sound of the word words ending in a n i a n e r or I require an s in the plural words ending in e e i h ISS or CH do not change languages with no article Russian is easy Korean is easy Italian is easy Chinese is easy Japanese is easy French is easy General generalizations Russians are friendly Koreans are friendly new zealanders are friendly the Chinese are friendly Chinese people are friendly the Japanese are friendly Japanese people are friendly the French are friendly Frenchmen are friendly if you are talking about a specific group of Russians Etc the article the' must be used most of the Italians in this class are female most of the Japanese in the restaurant are from Kyoto if you are talking generally no article or preposition is needed with s most Americans speak English no s most Vietnamese live in Asia [Music] [Music] [Music]