18- Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

El Estándard Connections 3.1- Students reinforce their knowledge of other disciplines by studying Spanish Essential Question- What are demonstrative adjectives and pronouns in Spanish and how are they placed?

Demonstrative adjectives are words that “DEMONSTRATE” or “POINT OUT” nouns Which flag? – THIS flag.

Esta bandera tiene muchos colores. Demonstrative adjectives go BEFORE the nouns they modify Esta bandera tiene muchos colores.

But what if there are TWO apples? You wouldn’t say, “I want this apples” or “I want that apples.” In Spanish (AND in English), you have to change demonstrative adjectives to make them agree in number and gender with the noun: I want THIS apple. BUT . . . I want THESE apples. I want THAT apple. BUT . . . I want THOSE apples.

Guess what: Spanish has THREE demonstratives: Do you want this apple? ¿Quieres esta manzana? Do you want that apple? ¿Quieres esa manzana? No. I want that apple way over there. No. Quiero aquella manzana.

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES NEAR FARTHER AWAY AT A GREATER DISTANCE masc./ fem. este/ esta (this) ese/ esa (that) aquel/ aquella (that over there) estos/ estas (these) esos/ esas (those) aquellos/ aquellas (those over there)

Now we’ll talk about demonstrative PRONOUNS Now we’ll talk about demonstrative PRONOUNS. Pronouns take the place of nouns: No quiero esta manzana; quiero ésa. – I don’t want this apple; I want that one. The only difference between a demonstrative ADJECTIVE and a demonstrative PRONOUN in Spanish is the accent mark. If it’s a pronoun, there’ll be an accent mark over the first “e” in the word. If there’s a noun after it, it’s an adjective; if there’s not, it’s a pronoun.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS NEAR FARTHER AWAY AT A GREATER DISTANCE masc./ fem. éste/ ésta (this) ése/ ésa (that) aquél/ aquélla (that over there) éstos/ éstas (these) ésos/ ésas (those) aquéllos/ aquéllas (those over there)

You would NEVER say, “Quiero ese uno” for “I want that one You would NEVER say, “Quiero ese uno” for “I want that one.” You’d just say “Quiero ése.“ Quiero ese libro. – Quiero ése. I want that book. – I want that one. Quiero esos libros. – Quiero ésos. I want those books. – I want those. *Just like demonstrative adjectives, demonsrative pronouns agree in GENDER and NUMBER with the corresponding noun