Capitalising proper adjectives, nationalities and languages

Key Notes:

✨ Capitalising Proper Adjectives, Nationalities & Languages ✨

What are Proper Adjectives?

Proper adjectives are adjectives formed from proper nouns.

They always start with a capital letter. 🅰️

They tell us about origin, nationality, or a specific name.

Examples:

  • French 🇫🇷 bread → “French” comes from the proper noun “France”
  • Egyptian 🏺 pyramids → “Egyptian” comes from “Egypt”
  • Shakespearean 🎭 play → “Shakespearean” comes from “Shakespeare”
Nationalities 🗺️

Nationalities are names of people from a country.

Always capitalized.

Examples:

  • He is an Indian 🇮🇳 student.
  • My friend is Canadian 🍁.
  • The Japanese 🎌 festival was amazing.
Languages 🗣️

Names of languages are also capitalized.

Examples:

  • She speaks English 🇬🇧.
  • I am learning Spanish 🇪🇸.
  • Do you know Hindi 🇮🇳?
Quick Rules ✅

Proper adjectives are always capitalized. 🅰️

Nationalities always start with a capital letter. 🏳️

Languages always start with a capital letter. 📚

Proper adjectives often end with -ian, -ese, -ish.

Examples:

  • Italian 🇮🇹 food
  • Chinese 🇨🇳 dragon
  • British 🇬🇧 culture
Practice Sentences ✏️
  1. I like Mexican 🌮 food.
  2. She speaks French 🇫🇷 very well.
  3. The African 🐘 elephant is huge.
  4. He read a Shakespearean 🎭 play.

let’s practice!