Spanish Grammar Guide

Capitalization

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Questions

Questions about Capitalization:

Q: Why is it Hablo español and NOT Hablo Español?

Spanish does not capitalize nationalities or names of languages, unlike English.

Q: Why is it Paul llegó el jueves and NOT Paul llegó el Jueves?

Days of the week are not capitalized in Spanish, unlike in English.

Q: Why is it Joseph piensa que yo soy inteligente and NOT Joseph piensa que Yo soy inteligente?

The word yo is only capitalized at the beginning of sentence in Spanish.

 

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