Why don the French use capital letters for days of the week and months?
Good question without a really good answer. It is really a matter of choice made centuries ago. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (all close relatives of French) do the same. All four languages capitalize the names of countries, but not the adjectives that come from them. America becomes French ‘americain’ and Spanish ‘americano’. It’s just something to get used to. I suppose you could look at this way: English speakers see “French” as a proper name, whereas the French themselves see ‘francais’ as a simple adjective. (We don’t usually capitalize ‘french fries’, do we?) Generally, in titles and headlines, they only capitalize the first word and certain proper nouns. German capitalizes all nouns, proper or not. When you see Arm, Haus, or Madchen in a sentence, you know right away that it is a noun. Hence: Der Mann ist Amerikaner. Every language has features that make it unique and learning those quirks is part of the charm of gaining another tongue. While Germans use ‘k’ and ‘w’ very frequ
