French Lesson 4

Today, we're just going to learn more about what else we can say after the verb "etre," which means "to be."
Again, the etre conjugation is:
I am: Je suis
You are: Tu es
He/she is: Il/elle est
We are: Nous sommes
You (informal/plural) are: Vous etes
They (female/male) are: Ils/elles sont

So in English, you know there are many things we can be right? Like:
I am nice. (which we already learned)
I am Chinese.
I am in San Jose.

So we haven't learned how to describe our nationalities and where we're at. Let's start with nationalities:
French: francais (male), francaise (female)
English: anglais (male), anglaise (female)
American: americain (male), americaine (female)
Canadian: canadien (male), canadienne (female)
Chinese: chinois (male), chinoise (female)
Japanese: japonais (male), japonaise (female)
Korean: coreen (male), coreenne (female)

Also, in French, we don't need to capitalize the first letter of the nationalities, so that's one less thing to worry about! :)

So an example would be: Je suis chinoise. (I am Chinese.) Notice how I used "chinoise," which is the female version because I'm female. If I was a guy/male, I would say "Je suis chinois" without the "e" at the end.

So now, let's learn how to say "I am in San Jose/wherever."
Places:
San Jose
Etats-Unis (United States)
Californie
Chine (China)
(Most places are pretty much spelled the same as English, so I guess we don't really need to learn that many.)

Now, we take a conjugation of etre. I am (je suis), for example. Then, we put an "in" in between the I am and the place right? Because you're not just saying "I am San Jose." You have to say, "I am in San Jose." So if you're talking about cities, you put an "a." So the whole thing would be "Je suis a San Jose." If you're talking about a country like France or China, you use "en" instead of "a." If you're talking about states, you also use "en." So here are some examples:
Je suis a San Francisco.
Je suis en Chine.
Je suis en Californie.