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Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are those adjectives whose function is to point at something. In English, the singular demonstrative adjectives are "this" and "that," while the plural ones are "these" and "those." (Some grammarians refer to them as demonstrative determiners.)
What are "Demonstrative Adjectives"?
Words used to point out a noun.
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In English, there are 4 demonstrative adjectives.
This/That + Singular Noun
These/Those + Plural Noun
Unlike English, Spanish has three sets of demonstrative adjectives, which vary by number and gender, so there are 12 in all, as shown in the list below. Translations are included in parentheses
Singular masculine· este (this)·· ese (that)·· aquel (that - over there)
Plural masculine· estos (these)·· esos (those)·· aquellos (those - over there)
Singular feminine· esta (this)·· esa (that)·· aquella (that - over there)
Plural feminine· estas (these)·· esas (those)·· aquellas (those - over there)
In Spanish, all demonstrative adjectives are placed before
the noun.
Like all other adjectives in Spanish they must agree in gender and number with the
nouns they modify.
This EsteMasculine Singular
These EstosMasculine Plural
This EstaFeminine Singular
These EstasFeminine Plural
This and These both have "T"'s
but that and those don't
Remember this rule:
That EseMasculine Singular
Those EsosMasculine Plural
That EsaFeminine Singular
Those EsasFeminine Plural
That (Over there) Aquel
Masculine Singular
Those (Over there) Aquellos
Masculine Plural
That (Over there) Aquella
Feminine Singular
Those (Over there) Aquellas
Feminine Plural
Chorus:This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California to the New York IslandFrom the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream watersThis land was made for you and me.
------- tierra --- ---- tierra, ------- tierra ---- ----- tierraDesde California hasta la isla de Nueva YorkDesde el bosque de secuoyas a las aguas de la Corriente del Golfo------ tierra fue hecha para ti y para mí.
"This Land Is Your Land " is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America ", which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent.
· Although both ese and aquel and their related forms can be translated as "that" or "those," there are some distinctions in meaning. · Ese and its related forms are more common, and you're generally safe to use them when in English you'd use "that" or "those." · However, aquel and its related forms refer to something that's farther away in terms of distance or time. Although ese and its forms can be used for an object near the speaker or listener, aquel cannot.