Many words that are capitalized in English are not capitalized in Spanish. The main categories of words that are different in Spanish are:
a) The pronoun yo, e.g.:
b) Days of the week, e.g.:
c) Months of the year, e.g.:
d) Names of languages, e.g.:
e) Adjectives referring to nationalities, e.g.:
f) Names of religions, e.g.:
There are cases where Spanish does use a capital letter. The main instances are:
a) At the beginning of a sentence, e.g.:
b) Holidays, e.g.:
c) Names of people, and other proper nouns, e.g.:
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.
Translate the English word to Spanish and decide whether the word should begin with a capital letter.
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