Gentilic Nouns

Content

• Examples of gentilic nouns
• Sentences with gentilic nouns
• Types of nouns

The nounsgentilices are those that describe the origin or provenance of a person. These words are always written with a lower case and are derived from the proper name of the place from which it comes (it can be a country, a city, a province, a continent, etc.). For example: Japanese, Buenos Aires, Catalan.

The names can function as:

• Adjectives When they describe a noun. For example: Mexican food is very spicy.
• Nouns When it refers to a person or object that executes the action. For example: The Chinese always smile.

See also: Gentilic adjectives

Examples of gentilic nouns

Sentences with gentilic nouns

1. The americans They went to another hotel because there are no more rooms here.
2. The Chilean I liked him very well, he seemed like a good person.
3. People are always stereotyped Galicians.
4. It seems to me that Patagonian they are suffering a lot from the heat, they are not used to these temperatures.
5. The spanish They promised to cook us a paella tonight. Delicious!
6. The south africans They will be part of the World Cup this year.
7. The french they have a reputation for being very romantic.
8. The rionegrino He is repairing the car so we continue our journey.
9. The south americans they have more tolerance for corruption, according to some surveys.
10. The asian they have a different conception of certain things, you cannot pretend that they think like you.
11. The Northerners they take things more calmly than we do.
12. The Andalusian who attends the deli is very nice; he always tells me very funny anecdotes.
13. The catamarqueño he prepared me an exquisite stew.
14. The Chinese from here to return he had no change, so he gave me these candies.
15. The american He will give me English classes so that I can take the final exam.
16. The italians They make the best pizzas in the world.
17. The australian They play rugby very well, we should learn from them.
18. The africans they were colonized until a few decades ago.
19. The brazilians they had to accept their defeat in the World Cup despite the expectations they had.
20. The Pampas They spend their time eating roast, I envy them a lot.

Types of nouns

Within the nouns, there are different variants, below we will mention some of them:

1. Collectives. They refer to a group of elements that contain similar characteristics, and can be singular or plural. For example: pack, herd or flock, crowd.
2. Individual. They allude to the elements in a singular way, be they people, places, objects, animals, concepts. For example: Juan, river, horse, stone.
3. Primitive. They are original concepts, which do not derive from another. For example: book, tablecloth, sheets.
4. Derivatives They are made up of other words to form a new meaning. For example: shoe shop (comes from shoe).
5. Compounds. They arise from the combination of two words. For example: windshield, can opener, glasses.
6. Simple. They are made up of a single word. For example: dog, thermos, television, love.
7. Concrete. They refer to everything that can be perceived through the senses. For example: wood, dust, phone, planet.
8. Abstract. They refer to what cannot be perceived with the senses but are created and understood by thought or imagination. For example: truth, treason, justice.
9. Common. They refer to those elements that are part of a certain class, without specifying or particularizing. For example: boys, notebook, picture.
10. Own. They refer to particular elements (names, surnames, cities, countries, etc.) and are written with lower case. For example: Ramón, Roma, Tony, Limay.
11. Gentile. Although these words are usually adjectives since they describe the origin or provenance of the noun, many times they can become the noun of the sentence when they are used directly to refer to the person. These words are always lowercase and can refer to a country, city, province, continent, region, among others. For example: Chilean, Argentine, Russian.