Nina:

I think I answered your question very explicitly, but I'll do so again. Yes, when writing in English you capitalize French, Spanish, Afghan, the British, Moravians, the German language, a Dutch tulip, Belgian beer, etc. Any dictionary will make this clear.

You do NOT capitalize the equivalents in the romance languages.

Everything you need to know about the German language, from the pen of Mark Twain.

http://www.bdsnett.no/klaus/twain/

Ira- thanks, I was getting myself confused. StCirq, there's no need to be nasty. Sorry if the it exasperated you so, this is for fun after all. But I appreciate the effort.

My understanding is that you DON'T have to use the personal pronouns in Italian the way you do in French. It's more like Spanish in that way.You use the personal pronouns as needed for clarity or emphasis.

All I know is, when writing French, which words to capitalize is NOT my biggest problem! I do envy those of you who have a facility with language. I should, but I don't.

Hi, try

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

for some purely conversational help in EU languages. Totally useful stuff (& free) . . .

Aargh!
I just realized that the whole pronoun thing has been discussed ad infinitum on another thread!