We are Italian
I need help about a simply ruler but it is for me a big dubt.
We are Italian - We are English - We are American and so on .... Italian, English, American are noun adjectives or simply adjectives with implicit meaning people? If they are only adjectives they are write singular, aren't they? thanksDear Randy, I take u more details. For example in a exercise of English grammar, in a my son's homework, the teacher said to declinate verb to be with the adejective 'Italian'.
I am Italian - You are Italian - He is Italian - She is Italian - It is Italian - We are Italians - You are Italians - They are Italians; or is it correct write Italian without 's' for plural for every person?Thanks

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We are Italian
I need help about a simply ruler but it is for me a big dubt.
We are Italian - We are English - We are American and so on .... Italian, English, American are noun adjectives or simply adjectives with implicit meaning people? If they are only adjectives they are write singular, aren't they? thanksDear Randy, I take u more details. For example in a exercise of English grammar, in a my son's homework, the teacher said to declinate verb to be with the adejective 'Italian'.
I am Italian - You are Italian - He is Italian - She is Italian - It is Italian - We are Italians - You are Italians - They are Italians; or is it correct write Italian without 's' for plural for every person?Thanks

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American and Italian are adjectives pertaining to the people or culture. In English language, adjectives do not have different singular or plural forms. The words American and Italian can also be singular nouns referring to a language or a person. These nouns have plural forms (Americans, Italians). The word English is much the same, except it has no plural form. So, referring to the people, we might say "the English are..."

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It is correct to say "we are Italian". It is the same as saying "we are (of) Italian (descent)."