Learning Spanish-Tip 5

This is the fifth in a series of tips for learning Spanish brought to you by Word for Word providing translations and language classes to this community (6786-0854). Learning Spanish can seem daunting, even unattainable!  These tips are designed to ease your fears and build your understanding of Spanish: Tip #5

In Spanish there are far fewer instances of capitalization.  Like English, capitalization is required for:

    • the beginning of a sentence

    • proper names (places and people)
    • the first word in a title

Unlike English, capitalization is not required for:

   • nationalities
   • languages
   • days of the week
   • months of the year
   • every major word in a title