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I was almost going to write I have an Argentinian onion! Thst would be even more useful!!
I think Argentine refers to a person from Argentina and something from Argentina is Argentinian. E.g. "the Argentine is riding his/her Argentinian horse". People tend to use either to refer to the people of Argentina but I feel "an Argentine horse" just sounds wrong.
The US government's take on it.
Country name:
conventional long form: Argentine Republic
conventional short form: Argentina
local long form: Republica Argentina
local short form: Argentina
Nationality:
noun: Argentine(s)
adjective: Argentine
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
Thanks for posting this. Admittedly, I guess it is a pet peeve with me (I thought I didn't have those). It's like Azeri vs. Azerbaijani and Kazakh vs. Kazakhstani - ethnic designation vs. Nationality (nouns or adjectives). At least the DA is good for something.
"Argentine" in the sense of "Argentinian" sounds very old-fashioned to me
Hmm. I'm the opposite; I feel like Argentinian sounds old-fashioned. It must be a dialectal thing. I'm from Southeast Tennessee, USA.
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Brent, hi, "neighbor," I'm from S. Carolina. To me it is most natural to think of a person as Argentine, & an item from there, including a horse, or oil they produce, or their wonderful beef, as Argentinian, used as an adjective.
Strictly-speaking, 'Argentinian' is not correct English to describe the nationality of Argentina, and you should use 'Argentine' instead. On the other hand, I know Argentinian is more widely-used.
Can we please be a little more lenient on the English spelling of Argentinean? It makes more sense in Spanish than in English, and I really have trouble with it.
look at my horse my horse is a amazing give it a lick it tastes just like rasins
Sorry if this has already been brought up but why was I failed for using "a" instead of "one"?
Does Argentino change depending on the gender of the object its modifying? Ex. un niño Argentino vs una niña Argentina. Thanks
yes, you're right, almost all adjective changes with gender and number of the object for example: un niño argentino, dos niños argentinos or una niña argentina , dos niñas argentinas. in english it would be one argentinian boy, two argentinian boys or one argentinian girl , two argentinian girls. Hope you understand
Even native speakers struggle with 'b's and 'v's when spelling. I remember a friend leaving a note for her mom to pick her up afrer work.. "mami, beni a vuscarme."
In Spanish, the "b" and "v" are not really distinguishable.
They are pronounced the same, but one is "hard" and one is "soft"
It is an anglicismo to pronounce them differently
In Mexico, it is more common for there to be a separate sound, because of the influence of English.
+1 for making me chuckle.
Like Jueveshuevos stated 'b' and 'v' sound practically the same in [Castillo] Spanish. It can be a bit difficult at first but with time and enough practice you'll get the hang of it.
I haven't completely mastered how to distinguish between them but I get it about 80% of the time. There is no way I'm mixing the two in my pronunciation though. I've already got enough problems mixing 'b' and 'p' in my writing.
I just got marked wrong for that answer, can you explain why its "I have one argentinian horse"?
One in Spanish is uno. However, the trailing 'o' is dropped when it is being used as a quantifier (to indicate the number of items there are).
When this is done, uno, which has now un, cannot be easily distinguished from the indefinite article un. Luckily, there is no explicit requirement for a differentiation between the two because "I want one book" (querio un libro) and "I want a book" (querio un libro) mean essentially the same thing; I do not mind which book it is, I just want one.
The same applies for the sentence we're asked to translate there. Tengo un caballo argentino can mean either "I have an Argentine¹ horse" or "I have one Argentine¹ horse". They both convey the same message.
¹ As a matter of personal preference, I use Argentine instead of Argentinian. You can use either one that suits you best sincce they are both correct and acceptable.
Thank you for clarifying, I should also mention that I used the correct indefinite article 'an' and still got it wrong, next time I will report it if it's still an issue.
It is the word that comes after the article that determines if we use 'a' or 'an'.
In this case, the word is Argentinian, which starts with a vowel sound. If it was a different word which started with a consonant sound, like Spanish for example, then the article would have been 'a'.
Thanks, my mind gets stuck in one language or the other. I learn more Spanish and forget some English, it's terrible
i heard that horse racing is very popular in Argentina, especially if they're racing against Uruguay
Animals don't have nationalities. I haven't heard of a breed of horse known as Argentinian.
My answer, Tengo un cabello Argentino and you mark it wrong because I capitalise a word. That's a bit harsh!
La voz debe pronunciar caballo como 'cabasho' en vez de 'cabayo.' ¡Es un caballo argentino, por Díos!
