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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
German or latin American
I am a German.
I am German.
Which is the correct one? I think both could be used.
I am from latin America.
I am from Latin America.
Would you write latin America or Latin America in the given context?
I am German.
Which is the correct one? I think both could be used.
I am from latin America.
I am from Latin America.
Would you write latin America or Latin America in the given context?
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Hello Andrei I think the first question you raised is easy to answer but difficult to explain. The answer is you can say either 'I am German' or 'I am a German', though the former would be better. But please take a note that this answer is valid only to the nationality/ethnicity denoting words of the type "--an"; American, Armenian, Belgian, Canadian, Indian, Italian, Korean, Russian, etc.
- Hello Andrei I think the first question you raised is easy to answer but difficult to explain.
- The answer is you can say either 'I am German' or 'I am a German', though the former would be better.
- But please take a note that this answer is valid only to the nationality/ethnicity denoting words of the type "--an"; American, Armenian, Belgian, Canadian, Indian, Italian, Korean, Russian, etc.
- This type of word can be taken as an adjective as well as a noun in the English language.
- I guess this tradition would come from the Latin grammar.
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Hello Andrei
I think the first question you raised is easy to answer but difficult to explain.
The answer is you can say either 'I am German' or 'I am a German', though the former would be better. But please take a note that this answer is valid only to the nationality/ethnicity denoting words of the type "--an"; American, Armenian, Belgian, Canadian, Indian, Italian, Korean,
I think the first question you raised is easy to answer but difficult to explain.
The answer is you can say either 'I am German' or 'I am a German', though the former would be better. But please take a note that this answer is valid only to the nationality/ethnicity denoting words of the type "--an"; American, Armenian, Belgian, Canadian, Indian, Italian, Korean,
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Thanks paco
1. I am a latin American.
2. I am a Latin American.
3. I am latin American.
4. I am Latin American.
How about the above four? Would you write all of them? Your thoughts, please.
1. I am a latin American.
2. I am a Latin American.
3. I am latin American.
4. I am Latin American.
How about the above four? Would you write all of them? Your thoughts, please.
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Hello again, Andrei
As I'm Japanese I've never spoken any of them. But if I were Latin American, I would speak and write #4.
paco
As I'm Japanese I've never spoken any of them. But if I were Latin American, I would speak and write #4.
paco
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How about this?
- She/He is married to a Japanese.
This is natural, isn't it?
If not, would you rephrase it into a natural one?
Jandi.
- She/He is married to a Japanese.
This is natural, isn't it?
If not, would you rephrase it into a natural one?
Jandi.
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Jandi
She/He married to a Japanese.
The above is fine. No doubt about it.
However, I don't think my original question hasn't been addressed properly. I would like to hear more comments on this.
She/He married to a Japanese.
The above is fine. No doubt about it.
However, I don't think my original question hasn't been addressed properly. I would like to hear more comments on this.
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Hello Jandi
How is the weather in the country you live? Here in Tokyo, it is a bit too windy but sky is cloudless and real blue.
As to the question you are raising, i.e., 'married to a Japanese', I have googled it. Though I couldn't count the exact numbers, many people are using 'married to a Japanese'. But the expressions of the type 'married to a Japanese X' (here X=person,
How is the weather in the country you live? Here in Tokyo, it is a bit too windy but sky is cloudless and real blue.
As to the question you are raising, i.e., 'married to a Japanese', I have googled it. Though I couldn't count the exact numbers, many people are using 'married to a Japanese'. But the expressions of the type 'married to a Japanese X' (here X=person,
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Hello Andrei
Once on a forum online about German politics I saw a guy criticize other people's opinion saying "Are you German or a German?". I felt this guy used "be German" to mean "be born as a native German" or "be ethnically German" and "be a German" to mean "be a person who has the citizenship of Germany". But I don't think this distinction is generalized/authorized in English.
Once on a forum online about German politics I saw a guy criticize other people's opinion saying "Are you German or a German?". I felt this guy used "be German" to mean "be born as a native German" or "be ethnically German" and "be a German" to mean "be a person who has the citizenship of Germany". But I don't think this distinction is generalized/authorized in English.
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Hello Paco,
Thank you very much for your kind reply.
Here in Busan, Korea, it is a little windy, too.
The sky is cloudless but not clear sky-blue. It's somewhat yellowish.
Enjoy the mild temperatures!
Thank you very much for your kind reply.
Here in Busan, Korea, it is a little windy, too.
The sky is cloudless but not clear sky-blue. It's somewhat yellowish.
Enjoy the mild temperatures!
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Hello Paco,
Sorry for butting in without knocking, but can't you say 'I am a Nippon?
Sorry for butting in without knocking, but can't you say 'I am a Nippon?
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Hello Mr XM
Nippon is the Japanese name for 'Japan'. The English word 'Japan' as well as 'Nippon' in our language are alike corruptions of Jih-pên (a place of 'sun-origin') given to Japan by Chinese people in the time of Tang Dynasty (7 or 8 century).
paco
Nippon is the Japanese name for 'Japan'. The English word 'Japan' as well as 'Nippon' in our language are alike corruptions of Jih-pên (a place of 'sun-origin') given to Japan by Chinese people in the time of Tang Dynasty (7 or 8 century).
paco
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