Country Names and Nationalities in Arabic

There aren't much differences in English and Arabic pronunciation for country and nationality names. When you ask someone "where are you from" in Arabic:

مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ (مُذَكَّر) min ‘ayna ‘anta  

مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتِ؟ (مُؤَنَّث) min ‘ayna ‘anta

إِنْتَ مِنْ فِين؟

إنْتِ مِنْ فِين؟

حضْرِتَك مِنْ فِين؟

He/She will reply with country name or nationality:

أَنَا مِنْ سُورِيَّا . أَنَا سُورُي

You can notice from the table above that there are different between masculine and feminine Arabic adjective. Feminine adjective usually has  ة \ ـة  in the end. Also, all the adjectives end up with ي for masculine or ـية for feminine. This ي is represent "mine" in English like when you say: my book كِتابِي

Don't forget to listen to the audio to get used to the pronunciation.

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