"Jste Angličané?"

Translation: Are you English?

[Randonneur3]

Or British?

[VladaFu]

Jste Britové?

[pampelisky]

I wrote are you Englishmen? can this be accepted??

[ion1122]

I agree that your answer should be accepted.

[DavidMills574753]

It is usually said as "....an Englishman" singular or "....Englishmen" plural, but isn't "Angličané" an adjective pointing to "...English" as in the exercise?.

[VladaFu]

No, Angličané is a noun. Englishmen is, indeed, accepted.

An adjective would be "angličtí" but it cannot be used for a nationalit on its own. You can say "angličtí turisté" - "English tourists" or something similar.

[DavidMills574753]

Thank you. My mistake. So few Czech nouns end "é" in the nominative compared to adjectives. Or is this in fact not nominative? Another point about this particular exercise, as "jste" is formal "you", can it in also be "an Englishman"?

[BoneheadBass]

Yes, it is indeed nominative. But if you wanted to address one person formally, you would use, "Jste Angličan/ka?"

[DavidMills574753]

In that instance you quote "Jste Angličan/ka?", it is interesting that the plural verb relates to a singular noun.

[PritelBobka]

@DavidMills, jste is used for vy, whether vy refers to plural 2nd person or singular 2nd person formal.

[LukasBlech]

Does "Englishmen" mean that you are talking just to "men" (for example at the business meeting) or is expression widely used for all people from England?

[VladaFu]

I think it is normally for men and many dictionaries define it that way.

Merriem Webster English Language Learners Definition of Englishman

: an English man

Oxford Dictionary

male native or inhabitant of England, or a man of English descent.

[Janmunroe]

But can you also say "Jste Anglicani" and have it mean the same thing?