Note that in latin American Spanish, depending on the context, americano/americana (American) could mean someone from any part of the continent of America, north, central or south.Īlthough there is MUCH more to learn about individual countries, their peoples and cultures, we hope you will find these exercises a good start. Yo conduzco un coche alemán y me gusta la música alemana.Īsking and telling which country someone is from, or someone's nationality, is often one of the first things you do when you meet new people. I drive a German car and I like German music. Yo conduzco un coche americano y me gusta la música americana.
Notice too that in Spanish, adjectives from a country name start with a lower case letter and may be different from the nationality word, especially the endings of the words or with an accent mark added. As well as differentiating between males and females from those countries, some of the endings are a bit "special" and may not follow familiar patterns. You may be surprised at the range of different word endings used when we are speaking in Spanish about people from various countries. Even the familiar names usually have different endings from the English equivalents or maybe accented characters. A group of Mexicans with the Mexican flagĪlthough you will easily recognise the names of many countries when written in Spanish because they are mostly similar to the English name, you should watch out for country names that are quite different.