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By Jami Sipe
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Demonstratives:Demonstratives:Adjectives and
Pronouns
In Spanish, there are different ways to say “this” or “these”:
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este
esta
estos
estas
•masculine singular → esteeste • feminine singular → estaesta •masculine plural → estosestos • feminine plural → estasestas
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• este libro = this book• esta silla = this chair• estos libros = these books• estas sillas = these chairs
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Ejemplos:
ese ese
If the thing you are talking about is a little bit farther away, use one of the Spanish words for
“that” or “those”:
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esa esa esos esos
esas esas
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•masculine singular → eseese • feminine singular → esaesa •masculine plural → esosesos • feminine singular → esasesas
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Ejemplos:
• ese elefante = that elephant• esa rebanada de pan =
that slice of bread• esos tigres = those tigers • esas jirafas = those giraffes
aquelaquel (masculine singular)(masculine singular)
aquella aquella (feminine singular)(feminine singular)
aquellos aquellos (masculine plural)(masculine plural)
aquellas aquellas (feminine plural)(feminine plural)
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If the thing you are talking about is really far away, you say:
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Ejemplos:
• aquel río = that river• aquella montaña = that mountain• aquellos cocodrilos = those crocodiles • aquellas hienas = those hyenas
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All of these Spanish words for “this,” “that,” “these” and “those” are
called demonstratives. esteesteestaestaese ese esa esa
aquelaquelaquella aquella
estosestosestasestasesos esos esas esas
aquellosaquellos aquellas aquellas
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• Yo quiero este libro. = I want this book.• Yo quiero éste. = I want this one. • Paco odia esos elefantes. =
Paco hates those elephants. • Paco odia ésos. = Paco hates those.
(the elephants)
In the past, you had to add an accent mark if the demonstrative was a pronoun.
Ejemplos:↙
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Today, it is widely Today, it is widely accepted that the accepted that the
accent mark is accent mark is optional! optional!
Woo-Woo-hoo!hoo!
This book is good. That flower is red.
Those guys are weird.(very far away)
That girl is tall.(a little bit far away)
Este libro es bueno.Esa flor es roja.Aquellos chicos
son raros. Esa chica es alta.
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