Nosotras vivimos en Dublín pero somos ________. We live in Dublin but we are Portuguese.(HINT: portugués = singular for Portuguese
Why is the answer portugesas, which isfemale?
When to use female or masc. Nationalities
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Jackie B.Kwiziq community member
When to use female or masc. Nationalities
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Forming the plural of -s ending nationality and place of origin adjectives in Spanish"
Asked 1 year ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hola Jackie
You can see at the beginning of the sentence that it is referring to "we" in feminine: Nosotras vivimos..., so you then need "portuguesas".
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Colin S.Kwiziq community member
I agree there is no clue to the gender therefore we should use the masculine. WE could be a couple so use masculine
Colin S.Kwiziq community member
I agree there is no clue to the gender therefore we should use the masculine. Ah spotted it nosotras is feminine. Masculin would be nosotros Therefore is portugusas
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hola Colin
The answer to this was given to Jackie some time ago. See in the thread.
The subject is saying "Nosotras... (using the feminine plural)
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