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french
. But in german it is 
französisch 
and
Franzose, Französin
. This also is how it works for nationality describion by noun or adjective, 
which we are going to learn right now.

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Noun or Adjective Nationality
There are two ways to describe someone. With a noun-based nationality word or an adjective-based 
nationality word. Most times in English, the adjective-based nationality and the language of that 
country as the same word, but, most of the time, not in German. You can see the difference with this 
exmaple.
Example:
Ich bin 
schwedisch
(I am Swedish) and 
Ich spreche 
Swedish
(I speak Swedish)
Although, sometimes they are the same, see the example below for that, but most times it like the 
example above.
Example:
Ich bin 
französisch
(I am French) and 
Ich spreche 
französisch
(I speak French)
Age
Now we are all familiar with the word "
alt'
", which means 
old
. And in English, to find out somebody's 
age we ask "
How old are you?
". In German it is exactly the same. And you were taught, in latter 
lessons about verbs and questions. You might think it would be something like "
Wie alt du?
" or "
Wie 
bist du alt?
". That would be incorrect because the first question doesn't have a verb, and the second one 
is incorrect because when asking a question it is okay to have a adjective after the verb or interrogative 
adverb. This all might sound confusing, but it's really not.
Now to ask the question with 1st person it is...
Wie alt bin ich? - 
How old am I?
And response you might get is...