Italian Adjectives of Nationality

When you meet somebody one of the first questions that you might ask the person is “where are you from” especially if you are traveling abroad… this could be a question that others might also ask you!

So… How do you say it?

Di dove sei? - where are you from?

Usually you will not simply answer by saying the country or the city where you are from but you will use the nationality.

Here are some examples.

• Di dove sei? (where are you from?)
• Sono italiana. (I'm Italian).
• Sono di Milano. (I'm from Milan).
• E’ americana, di New York. (She is American, from New York).

Da dove vieni? - where do you come from?

• Vengo da Parigi. (I come from Paris).

Now let’s look at the different options for nationality.

Keep in mind that the usual rules for gender and number apply BUT in this case we do have some exceptions. If you need to review the rules on gender and number you can check out my previous video. Here are the direct links to my YouTube Channel:

• Video on Gender of Nouns:  https://youtu.be/YKPR8ttlfNc
• Video on Singular and Plural Nouns: https://youtu.be/z95-ttZdd48

You can download from this link a chart that you can use to review all the nationalities!