algeria

algeria — noun

1. a large country on the northern coast of Africa whose capital is Algiers and who

1.名詞A2
釋義

a large country on the northern coast of Africa whose capital is Algiers and whose main official language is Arabic, with most of its land lying inside the Sahara Desert.

例句

Algeria became independent from France in 1962 after a long war.

Algeria + verb in past tense (historical fact)

Layla flew to Algiers, the capital of Algeria, to visit her grandmother.

the capital of Algeria (apposition pattern)

文法句型

Algeria + verb

in Algeria

from Algeria

用法筆記

Always written with a capital A, because Algeria is a country name. Used without 'the' (say 'in Algeria', not 'in the Algeria'). The people and the language adjective are 'Algerian'; the capital city is 'Algiers'.

常見錯誤

❌My cousin lives in algeria.
✅My cousin lives in Algeria.
💡country names are always capitalized.
❌She moved to the Algeria last year.
✅She moved to Algeria last year.
💡do not use 'the' before Algeria.
❌He is Algeria.
✅He is Algerian.' / 'He is from Algeria.
💡for the nationality, use the adjective 'Algerian'.