"我有三个西班牙朋友。"

Translation: I have three Spanish friends.

[Fred551967]

Shouldn't a Spanish friend be '四班呀人朋友'? I thought when referring to a person you need the 人

[marteeen]

I might be wrong, but 人 seems redundant when 西班牙 can already modify 朋友. "Spain-people-friends" versus "Spain-friends".

[JGreene68356]

Why is there not a "de" after Spain? To me this translates to "I have 3 Spain friends"

[Celticfiddleguy]

I'm not completely sure but in cases like this where "Spanish friends" (西班牙[的]朋友) could be confused with "friend of Spain" (西班牙的朋友) then the attributive 的 is drop while the possessive 的 isn't.

[GS_no.934]

Do you say "friends of Spain" when you mean your friends is Spanish or lives in Spain?

[CinnamonTe1]

The 的 is required between an adjective with 2 or more syllables and a noun. In this case, "Spain" and "friend" are two nouns that form a compound noun meaning Spanish friend(s). You will also see French cuisine is 法国菜 and doesn't require 的.

[LCNI862440]

It doesn't show the sound button to hear the phrase at the beginning of the exercise. It happens in every circle since the last actualization.