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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
Adjectives and
Pronouns
Do you want
THIS apple?
No, I want THAT
apple.
este (this)
esta (this)
estos (these)
estas (these)
ese (that)
esa (that)
esos (those)
esas (those)
Watch out for the masculine forms: remember that, while the
masculine singular ends in e, the plural ends in os. Dont get
mixed up and write esto or estes.
Notice that the only difference between este and ese, esta
and esa, etc., is the t. Take the t out of este (this), and
you have ese (that). A student of mine remembered it this
way: This and these have ts; that and those dont. In other
words, the words that mean this and these have ts in them
(este, esta, estos, estas); the words that mean that and
those dont have ts in them (ese, esa, esos, esas).
ms este
(this)
ese (that)
esta (this)
esa (that)
aquella (that way over there)
mp estos (these)
esos (those) aquellos (those way over there)
fp
estas (those) esas (those) aquellas (those way over there)
fs
ms = masculine singular
fs = feminine singular
mp = masculine plural
fp = feminine plural
This wont be on the test, and you can skip this slide if you like.
However, if you study the book, youre going to see esto,
eso, and aquello. Those are neuter pronouns. What
neuter means in this case is that the pronoun refers to an
idea, not a thing:
I have two books. I want that one.
Tengo dos libros. Quiero se.
In the above example, se refers to libro.
Juan is my brother. I didnt know that.
Juan es mi hermano. Yo no sabia eso.
In the above example, eso (that) doesnt refer to an object; it
refers to the fact that Juan is my brother. Since you dont
have a masculine or feminine object that the pronoun refers
to, you use the neuter form.