'Venezuelan' is the word for a person from Venezuela, and the adjective for anything belonging to that country. Both jobs use exactly the same form, and both take a capital letter — this is the rule for all nationality words in English, and it is a rule Chinese speakers forget, because Chinese has no capitals.

'Venezuelan' is the word for a person from Venezuela'Venezuelan' 是指來自委內瑞拉的人的字, and也是 the adjective for anything belonging to that country屬於那個國家的東西的形容詞。 Both jobs use exactly the same form這兩種用法用的是完全相同的字形, and而且 both take a capital letter都要大寫 — this is the rule for all nationality words in English這是英文所有國籍字的規則, and而 it is a rule Chinese speakers forget這是中文母語者常忘記的規則, because因為 Chinese has no capitals中文沒有大小寫之分。

As a noun it is countable: 'a Venezuelan', 'two Venezuelans', 'Venezuelans living in Taiwan'. Notice you must have 'a' in the singular — 'He is Venezuelan' (adjective, no article) and 'He is a Venezuelan' (noun, with article) are both correct, but 'He is Venezuelan person' is not.

As a noun當名詞用時 it is countable是可數的: 'a Venezuelan''a Venezuelan'（一個委內瑞拉人）, 'two Venezuelans''two Venezuelans'（兩個委內瑞拉人）, 'Venezuelans living in Taiwan''Venezuelans living in Taiwan'（住在台灣的委內瑞拉人）。 Notice要注意 you must have 'a' in the singular單數時一定要有 'a' — 'He is Venezuelan''He is Venezuelan'（形容詞，沒有冠詞） and和 'He is a Venezuelan''He is a Venezuelan'（名詞，有冠詞） are both correct都是對的, but但是 'He is Venezuelan person''He is Venezuelan person' is not是不對的。

As a general rule, when you are describing someone, the adjective sounds more natural: 'my Venezuelan friend', 'she's Venezuelan'. As an adjective it goes in front of nouns in the ordinary way: 'Venezuelan food', 'the Venezuelan government', 'a Venezuelan passport', 'Venezuelan Spanish'.

As a general rule一般來說, when you are describing someone在描述一個人的時候, the adjective sounds more natural用形容詞聽起來比較自然: 'my Venezuelan friend''my Venezuelan friend'（我的委內瑞拉朋友）, 'she's Venezuelan''she's Venezuelan'（她是委內瑞拉人）。 As an adjective當形容詞用時 it goes in front of nouns in the ordinary way就跟一般形容詞一樣放在名詞前面: 'Venezuelan food''Venezuelan food'（委內瑞拉食物）, 'the Venezuelan government''the Venezuelan government'（委內瑞拉政府）, 'a Venezuelan passport''a Venezuelan passport'（委內瑞拉護照）, 'Venezuelan Spanish''Venezuelan Spanish'（委內瑞拉式西班牙語）。

You will meet it very often in news writing — 'Venezuelan oil', 'Venezuelan migrants' — because of the country's oil industry and the large number of people who have left during its economic crisis.

You will meet it very often in news writing你會在新聞寫作裡常常看到它 — 'Venezuelan oil''Venezuelan oil'（委內瑞拉石油）, 'Venezuelan migrants''Venezuelan migrants'（委內瑞拉移民） — because of the country's oil industry因為這個國家的石油產業, and和 the large number of people who have left during its economic crisis經濟危機期間離開的大量人口。

The stress sits on the same syllable as in the country name: ven-eh-ZWAY-lan.

The stress sits on the same syllable as in the country name重音的位置跟國家名稱一樣: ven-eh-ZWAY-lanven-eh-ZWAY-lan。