Tanzanian does the two jobs that country words do in English.

Tanzanian Tanzanian does做的是 the two jobs兩個工作 that country words do in English英語裡國名形容詞會做的兩件事。

As an adjective it means "of Tanzania": Tanzanian coffee, the Tanzanian government, a Tanzanian passport. As a noun it means a person from Tanzania: "She's a Tanzanian", "three Tanzanians won medals".

As an adjective當形容詞用時 it means意思是 "of Tanzania"「坦尚尼亞的」：Tanzanian coffee 坦尚尼亞咖啡、the Tanzanian government 坦尚尼亞政府、a Tanzanian passport 坦尚尼亞護照。As a noun當名詞用時 it means意思是 a person from Tanzania一個坦尚尼亞人："She's a Tanzanian"「她是坦尚尼亞人」、"three Tanzanians won medals"「三個坦尚尼亞人得了獎牌」。

Notice that the noun takes a and takes -s in the plural — this is true of country words ending in -an (Korean, American, Kenyan) but not of those ending in -ese or -ish, where you must say a Japanese person and the British.

Notice that要注意 the noun這個名詞 takes a前面要加a and takes -s in the plural複數要加-s——this is true of這適用於 country words ending in -an以-an結尾的國名形容詞 (Korean, American, Kenyan)（Korean、American、Kenyan）but not of those ending in -ese or -ish但不適用於以-ese或-ish結尾的那些，where在那種情況下 you must say你必須說 a Japanese person a Japanese person and還有 the British the British。

Always a capital letter, wherever it sits in the sentence. Stress it tan-zuh-NEE-un, same shape as the country.

Always a capital letter一律要大寫，wherever it sits in the sentence不管它在句子裡的哪個位置。Stress it重音放在 tan-zuh-NEE-un tan-zuh-NEE-un，same shape as the country跟這個國家的名字重音位置一樣。

Tanzania is a country of many peoples and more than a hundred languages, so Tanzanian is about which country's papers you hold, not about one shared background — a useful thing to remember before assuming anything about someone you have just met.

Tanzania Tanzania is a country是一個國家 of many peoples and more than a hundred languages有很多民族、超過一百種語言，so所以 Tanzanian Tanzanian is about講的是 which country's papers you hold你手上拿的是哪個國家的證件，not about one shared background而不是一個共同的背景——a useful thing to remember這是值得記住的一點 before assuming anything在你對剛認識的人 about someone you have just met做任何假設之前。