dominican republic or dominicana?

[pollogringo]

You're saying if there's a way to butcher Spanish, la dominicana will find it?

 

[dv8]

hell, yeah!

 

[Givadogahome]

It doesn't really matter, but a lot of people call the whole country Santo Domingo.

Alot of Dominicans call the rest of the world America!

 

[NotLurking]

and if dominicana can be a noun it could refer to the country as a whole.

And it does among Dominicans. Have a listen to Milly Quezada

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Look a the title of this video.

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NotLurking

 

[pollogringo]

Alot of Dominicans call the rest of the world America!

And all of America, Nueva Yol!

 

[Chirimoya]

Grammatically speaking una dominicana/un dominicano is an adjective. You omit the obvious noun that it is describing: Una [mujer] dominicana/un [hombre] dominicano.

Unlike Spanish, in English you can't say "A Polish" or "An English" - you either add the word 'man' or 'woman' or you use the gentilic Pole or Englishman (a bit archaic) or you use the adjective without the article. He is Polish, she is English.

 

[dv8]

look at the headline. i think the battle is gonna be lost for the purists on this one
Dominicana Vs. Venezuela en apertura hoy Serie del Caribe - listindiario.com

 

[dv8]

what problem? dominikana and dominika in polish, dominicana and dominica in spanish.

 

[Chirimoya]

look at the headline. i think the battle is gonna be lost for the purists on this one
Dominicana Vs. Venezuela en apertura hoy Serie del Caribe - listindiario.com

It doesn't sound so bad in Spanish. At the same time, I can't see the Czech Republic being called "the Czech" in English or just "checa" in Spanish.

 

[dv8]

yes, chiri, and that's because there is no real relation there. that is czech republic is not a part of english/spanish speaking community and does not influence how the language changes to accommodate simplification. in polish czech republic is called czechy and czechs call is česko.

 

[NALs]

look at the headline. i think the battle is gonna be lost for the purists on this one
Dominicana Vs. Venezuela en apertura hoy Serie del Caribe - listindiario.com

Oh my... aranoid:

Anyone that uses Dominican newspapers as lessons on proper grammar has, let me say this in the nicest way, serious problems.

And I will leave it at thata. :classic:

 

[Castle]

look at the headline. i think the battle is gonna be lost for the purists on this one
Dominicana Vs. Venezuela en apertura hoy Serie del Caribe - listindiario.com

While I don't agree with the Dominicana term, the purist would like something like:
Republica Dominicana contra la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela...:S

 

[dv8]

don't be silly, NALs, you know the bitter truth: a mistake repeated for long enough becomes a norm
you are so going to lose this battle

 

[robbie]

I'm tiredof correcting people from other countries from calling it the Dominican.
Doesnt really bother me anymore but I prefer Dominicana . My new word of the day:smoke:

 

[DOMINCAN JOE]

But there is a country named Dominica and it is a different island, that is part of the name problem.
Der Fish

File:Map of Dominica.gif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DOMINCAN JOE]

Ain't that far awayeither is it. Could one swim from here to there?

FOR DERFISH Distance between Dominica to Dominican Republic:
km 1005.70 = miles 524.91 TO FAR TO SWIM
Distance from Dominica to Dominican Republic