Nationality

German (male)

alemán

German (female)

alemana

Agrnetinian

argentino/a

Canadian

canadiense

Chinese

chino/a

Costa Rican

costarricense

Cuban

cubano/a

Dominican

dominicano/a

Ecuadorian

ecuatoriano/a

Spanish

español(a)

From the US

estadounidense

French (male)

francés

French (female)

francesa

English (male)

inglés

English (female)

inglesa

Italian

italiano/a

Japanese (male)

japonés

Japanese (Female)

japonesa

Mexican

mexicano/a

North American

norteamericano/a

Puerto Rican

puertorriqueño/a

Russian

ruso/a

Venezuelan

venezolano/a

Plurality Rules

• -o changes to -a when forming feminine adj. & nationalities

• To make plural add -s to both masculine & feminine forms

• -e has a two forms (-e in singular and -es in plural)

Position of Adjectives

• Descriptive adjectives and nationality follow the noun its modifying

• Adj. of quantity, comes BEFORE the noun

• Bueno/a can come BEFORE or AFTER a noun

  • When BEFORE a masculine noun, malo —> mal and bueno —> buen

• Grande BEFORE a singular noun becomes gran, meaning “great”