forming adjectives from country names

Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

forming adjectives from country names

Hi,

I did a search on your site to find out the above, but there were not results.

Do you have a lesson/guidelines on how to form adjectives from country names?

In the quiz there were names of countries and I couldn't tell how to form the plural adjective.

Thank you, Nicole

Asked 5 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hola Barbara

The adjective cordobés follows the rule as explained in the lesson:

niño cordobé

niña cordobesa

niños cordobeses

niñas cordobesas

The adjective hispalense also follows the rule as explained in this other lesson:

niño hispalense

niña hispalense

niños hispalenses

niñas hispalenses

Saludos

Inma

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Nicole

We have lessons on how to form the plurals of nationality adjectives ending in -s and -e, which are the most common. 

Here are the lessons:

Ending in -s

Ending in -e

There is also a list with nationalities (a basic list, not comprehensive)

Un saludo

Inma

Nicole P.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thank you Inma. Nicole

Barbara R.A2Kwiziq community member

Cordobese ...Cordobesas

Hispalense...hispalenses

Both refer to women. Not consistent

Nicole P. asked:

forming adjectives from country names

Hi,

I did a search on your site to find out the above, but there were not results.

Do you have a lesson/guidelines on how to form adjectives from country names?

In the quiz there were names of countries and I couldn't tell how to form the plural adjective.

Thank you, Nicole

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