DEMO - Capital Letters

From the BASIC SKILLS section.
Remember that in some cases English uses a capital letter where Norwegian uses a small one. Which words would have a capital letter if we translated this sentence into English: En fin lørdag i juli traff vi en italiener som snakker engelsk som en amerikaner. Not sure? Then read on!

Remember that English uses a capital letter for these types of words:

days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc.
months: January, February, March etc. (NB! Mars is a planet in English, not a month!)
nationality words and languages: English, Norwegian, German, Chinese
religions: Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu
political parties: Labour, the Conservatives, the Republican Party

On the whole you will not be misunderstood if you use a small letter in these cases, although this sentence might raise some eyebrows: svenskeli.jpg

"The football club Viking have signed a swede as their coach for the coming season."

Why? Because "swede" means kålrabi. A person from Sweden is a Swede.

Using capital letters correctly in these words shows that you know and understand the difference between English and Norwegian.

Not using them shows that you don't know or you don't care. Bad news for your grade in either case, I'm afraid!

Which words ought to have been written with a capital letter here?:

When you have found all the words, you might write your own text, using as many of this type of word as possible:

 

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