Adjectives are going to be very handy for a good number of reasons. There are different types of adjectives, though. In this article we are just going to focus on adjectives of nationality.
Whenever we want to say where we come from, we may choose to use the adjective that corresponds to the name of the country or the continent we want to refer to.
Normally, this is simply introduced by whichever form of the verb “SER” we need at the time of speaking or writing. If it is about just you, you would need the 1st person singular form of the verb “SER, that is: “SOY” plus the adjective. If you were to ask a question you would need ¿”ERES”+ adjective?, etc. I take the opportunity to emphasize that talking about nationalities, whether yours or anybody’s, is a clear case to use the form of TO BE that translates into SER. So make a note on this, there is no other way!
So it is important that you become familiar with some of these adjectives of nationality, and the different possible forms that they may take in order to agree in number and gender with the person or persons the sentence is about. Mind you, you could also be talking about where objects or things, all sorts of things, come from. Such as in “this wine is from Spain” = “este vino es español”, or in “that film is from Colombia” = “esa película es colombiana”.
NOTICE how those adjectives are not written in capital letters. That’s the way!
In this DOCUMENT you can have a look at a selection of adjectives compiled for you. That could be your starting point: try to study the list and then test yourself, see how many you can remember. You can use this other DOCUMENT to see how much you can recall. Try to write them down as you go along, and then compare!
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