How do you translate 'tian' into English?

Answer 1

It is a suffix rather than a word, so you can't really translate it by itself. The suffix indicates that someone belongs to a certain group, and the suffix is actually just the "an" or "ian" part, rather than the "tian." Thus, a Christian is a believer in or a follower of Christ, a Coloradan is a resident of or someone who was born in Colorado and still considers it home... a Faustian philosophy is one promoted by the character Faust, or one that reflects what Faust believed. That's how the word Republican was first formed as well... someone who believes in the ideals of the Republic. The Spanish equivalent of the suffix "ian" or "an" is "ano" for male, "ana" for female.