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Nationality in Swahili

This is a list of some common nationalities in Swahili. It is a nice addition to our other 2 pages: Languages and Countries.

British: Uingereza
Moroccan: Moroko
Chinese: Uchina
Brazilian: Ubrazili
American: Amerika
French: Ufaransa
German: Ujerumani
Greek: Ugiriki
Israeli: Uyahudi
Indian: Ubara Hindi
Irish: Useltiki
Italian: Uitaliano
Japanese: Ujapani
Korean: Korea
Iranian: Uajemi
Portuguese: Ureno
Russian: Urusi
Spanish: Uhispania
Swedish: Uswidi
Pakistani: Pakistani

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation about citizenship. All you need is to swap the nationality but keep the same sentence structure.

I'm Italian: Mimi ni mwitaliano
My wife is Korean: Mke wangu ni Mkorea
My father is Greek: Baba yangu ni Mgiriki
I have an American car: Nakuwa na gari ya Amerika
I love French cheese: Napenda chizi ya ufaransa
He has a Moroccan rug: Ana tambara ya Moroko

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