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Nationality in Yoruba

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

British: Gẹẹsi
Moroccan: Morokan
Chinese: Ṣainiṣi
Brazilian: Burasilian
American: Amerikan
French: Faranse
German: Jamani
Greek: Giriki
Israeli: Isireli
Indian: Indian
Irish: Airiṣi
Italian: Italian
Japanese: Japanis
Korean: Korean
Iranian: Iranian
Portuguese: Potogisi
Russian: Roṣiani
Spanish: Supaniṣi
Swedish: Suwẹdiṣi
Pakistani: Pakisitani

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: Italian ni emi.
My wife is Korean: Korean ni iyawo mi.
My father is Greek: Giriki ni baba mi.
I have an American car: Mo ni ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ amẹrika.
I love French cheese: Mo fẹran wara faranse.
He has a Moroccan rug: Oo ni rọọgi Morokan.

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